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Mazda RX-8: how many are still registered?

7,744still registered

Mazda RX-8 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 8 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 23,825 (2009 Q2) - 32.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 5,803 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2061.

5,455 of the survivors (70.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

32.5% survives 2009 Q2 peak: 23,825

Declared off-road (SORN)5,455 · 70.4%
Disappearing per year5.6%
Projected 2030~5,803

By year

All 7,744 surviving Mazda RX-8 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 10,466 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 42.5% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built2003 → 2011
3,0001,5000
200320042005200620072008200920102011
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On the road over time

Total Mazda RX-8 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

23,589
2003log scale2026: 7,353
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mazda RX-8 cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

1301cc to 1400cc44 cars · 0.5%
2601cc to 2700cc7,684 cars · 99.2%
Other sizes (13)15 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol7,738 · 99.9%
Other fuels (3)6 · under 0.1%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.