Rarity / Saab / 9-3

Saab 9-3: how many are still registered?

45,035still registered

Saab 9-3 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 238 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 144,768 (2011 Q1) - 31.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 10.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 26,151 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2060.

15,325 of the survivors (34.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

31.1% survives 2011 Q1 peak: 144,768

Declared off-road (SORN)15,325 · 34.0%
Disappearing per year10.3%
Projected 2030~26,151

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Saab 9-3 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Saab 9-3 vans4still reg.Saab 9-3 lorries1still reg.

By year

All 45,035 surviving Saab 9-3 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 82,539 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 35.2% 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 built1998 → 2012
8,0004,0000
199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012
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On the road over time

Total Saab 9-3 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

143,999
1998log scale2026: 41,167
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Saab 9-3 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

1701cc to 1800cc842 cars · 1.8%
1801cc to 1900cc344 cars · 0.7%
1901cc to 2000cc29,894 cars · 66.3%
2001cc to 2100cc11,136 cars · 24.7%
2101cc to 2200cc948 cars · 2.1%
2201cc to 2300cc357 cars · 0.7%
2701cc to 2800cc1,479 cars · 3.2%
Other sizes (15)35 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol25,221 · 56.0%
Diesel19,655 · 43.6%
Other fuels (2)159 · 0.3%

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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.