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Subaru 1.8: how many are still registered?

124still registered

Subaru 1.8 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 15 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 12,382 (1994 Q4) - 1.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 119 in 2030.

110 of the survivors (88.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.0% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 12,382

Declared off-road (SORN)110 · 88.7%
Disappearing per year0.5%
Projected 2030~119

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Subaru 1.8 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Subaru 1.8 motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 124 surviving Subaru 1.8 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 12 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 91.0% 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 built1984 → 1995
30150
198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995
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On the road over time

Total Subaru 1.8 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

12,382
1994log scale2026: 121
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Subaru 1.8 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

1701cc to 1800cc120 cars · 96.7%
1801cc to 1900cc2 cars · 1.6%
1901cc to 2000cc1 cars · 0.8%
2201cc to 2300cc1 cars · 0.8%

Fuel

Petrol124 · 100%

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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.