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Subaru Legacy: how many are still registered?

7,384still registered

Subaru Legacy cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 77 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 21,046 (2001 Q4) - 35.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 5,219 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2054.

3,022 of the survivors (40.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

35.0% survives 2001 Q4 peak: 21,046

Declared off-road (SORN)3,022 · 40.9%
Disappearing per year6.7%
Projected 2030~5,219

Derivatives

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

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By year

All 7,384 surviving Subaru Legacy cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 8,474 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 46.5% 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 built1989 → 2014
8004000
19892014
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On the road over time

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

21,046
1994log scale2026: 6,478
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Subaru Legacy 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

1801cc to 1900cc69 cars · 0.9%
1901cc to 2000cc4,075 cars · 55.1%
2001cc to 2100cc391 cars · 5.2%
2201cc to 2300cc133 cars · 1.8%
2401cc to 2500cc1,631 cars · 22.0%
3001cc to 3100cc1,036 cars · 14.0%
Other sizes (8)49 cars · 0.6%

Fuel

Petrol6,491 · 87.9%
Diesel820 · 11.1%
Gas73 · 0.9%

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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.