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Saab 900: how many are still registered?

5,995still registered

Saab 900 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 72 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 79,419 (1997 Q4) - 7.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 4,937 in 2030.

4,073 of the survivors (67.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

7.5% survives 1997 Q4 peak: 79,419

Declared off-road (SORN)4,073 · 67.9%
Disappearing per year3.8%
Projected 2030~4,937

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Saab 900 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Saab 900 vans1still reg.

By year

All 5,995 surviving Saab 900 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 5,429 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 52.3% 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 built1979 → 1998
1,0005000
19791998
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On the road over time

Total Saab 900 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

79,419
1994log scale2026: 5,806
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Saab 900 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

1901cc to 2000cc5,497 cars · 91.6%
2001cc to 2100cc88 cars · 1.4%
2201cc to 2300cc317 cars · 5.2%
2401cc to 2500cc66 cars · 1.1%
Other sizes (10)27 cars · 0.4%

Fuel

Petrol5,973 · 99.6%
Other fuels (2)22 · 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.