Rarity / Peugeot / 309

Peugeot 309: how many are still registered?

1,607still registered

Peugeot 309 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 36 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 196,708 (1994 Q4) - 0.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 1,503 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2061.

1,283 of the survivors (79.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.8% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 196,708

Declared off-road (SORN)1,283 · 79.8%
Disappearing per year1.3%
Projected 2030~1,503

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Peugeot 309 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Peugeot 309 vans32still reg.Peugeot 309 motorcycles16still reg.Peugeot 309 lorries6still reg.

By year

All 1,607 surviving Peugeot 309 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 605 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 72.2% 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 built1986 → 2023
3001500
19862023
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On the road over time

Total Peugeot 309 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

196,708
1994log scale2026: 1,527
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Peugeot 309 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

1101cc to 1200cc37 cars · 2.3%
1201cc to 1300cc323 cars · 20.0%
1301cc to 1400cc85 cars · 5.2%
1401cc to 1500cc25 cars · 1.5%
1501cc to 1600cc128 cars · 7.9%
1701cc to 1800cc90 cars · 5.6%
1901cc to 2000cc918 cars · 57.1%
2001cc to 2100cc1 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol1,065 · 66.2%
Diesel542 · 33.7%

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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.