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Subaru Forester: how many are still registered?

20,104still registered

Subaru Forester cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 70 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 22,784 (2016 Q4) - 88.2% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 18,357 in 2030.

3,778 of the survivors (18.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

88.2% survives 2016 Q4 peak: 22,784

Declared off-road (SORN)3,778 · 18.7%
Disappearing per year1.8%
Projected 2030~18,357

Derivatives

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

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By year

All 20,104 surviving Subaru Forester cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 10,699 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 52.2% 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 built1997 → 2025
1,5007500
19972025
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On the road over time

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

22,784
1997log scale2026: 19,557
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Subaru Forester 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 2000cc18,323 cars · 91.1%
2001cc to 2100cc208 cars · 1.0%
2401cc to 2500cc1,402 cars · 6.9%
2501cc to 2600cc165 cars · 0.8%
Other sizes (6)6 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol11,862 · 59.0%
Diesel4,379 · 21.7%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)3,773 · 18.7%
Gas90 · 0.4%

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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.