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Suzuki Samurai vans: how many are still registered?

409still registered

Suzuki Samurai vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 8 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 3,006 (1994 Q4) - 13.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 394 in 2030.

377 of the survivors (92.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

13.6% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 3,006

Declared off-road (SORN)377 · 92.1%
Disappearing per year0.7%
Projected 2030~394

Derivatives

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

Suzuki Samurai cars929still reg.Suzuki Samurai motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 409 surviving Suzuki Samurai vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 18 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 95.7% 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 built1987 → 2002
150750
19872002
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On the road over time

Total Suzuki Samurai vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

3,006
1994log scale2026: 405
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Suzuki Samurai vans 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

1201cc to 1300cc75 vans · 18.3%
1301cc to 1400cc315 vans · 77.0%
1401cc to 1500cc3 vans · 0.7%
1501cc to 1600cc5 vans · 1.2%
1901cc to 2000cc3 vans · 0.7%
Other sizes (7)8 vans · 1.9%

Fuel

Petrol397 · 97.0%
Diesel12 · 2.9%

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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.