How many Subaru BRZ cars are left?

Name: Subaru BRZ licensed and SORN statistics
Creator: Department for Transport and DVLA
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 851 licensed and 65 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Subaru BRZ generic-model group.

Looking at a BRZ?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

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Wondering whether one particular BRZ is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the BRZ disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 898 in 2021 Q4 and stand at 851 in 2026 Q1, down 5%. That is down 3% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 65 are declared SORN — 1 in 14 of the 916 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Fuel

DfT codes every vehicle in the Subaru BRZ generic-model group as petrol.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

Quarter	Licensed	SORN
2026 Q1	851	65
2025 Q4	856	64
2025 Q3	865	54
2025 Q2	856	51
2025 Q1	862	53
2024 Q4	865	53
2024 Q3	880	39
2024 Q2	875	46
2024 Q1	869	44
2023 Q4	862	51
2023 Q3	879	43
2023 Q2	891	38
2023 Q1	897	32
2022 Q4	888	41
2022 Q3	893	33
2022 Q2	894	29
2022 Q1	879	35
2021 Q4	898	37
2021 Q3	898	33
2021 Q2	897	29
2021 Q1	879	38
2020 Q4	879	40
2020 Q3	884	33
2020 Q2	850	44
2020 Q1	835	54
2019 Q4	841	39
2019 Q3	835	39
2019 Q2	815	38
2019 Q1	794	36
2018 Q4	770	43
2018 Q3	766	32
2018 Q2	732	42
2018 Q1	718	31
2017 Q4	711	25
2017 Q3	703	18
2017 Q2	678	15
2017 Q1	644	10
2016 Q4	565	15
2016 Q3	546	8
2016 Q2	514	7
2016 Q1	499	7
2015 Q4	455	9
2015 Q3	443	7
2015 Q2	394	5
2015 Q1	363	4
2014 Q4	320	6
2014 Q3	300	4

Other Subaru models

Impreza — 11,868 licensed. MOT pass rate
Forester — 16,245 licensed. MOT pass rate
Outback — 9,396 licensed. MOT pass rate
XV — 7,245 licensed. MOT pass rate
Legacy — 3,765 licensed. MOT pass rate
WRX — 1,577 licensed. MOT pass rate

See how many of every Subaru model are left

Common questions

How many Subaru BRZ cars are left in the UK?

851 were licensed and 65 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Subaru BRZ cars are SORN?

65 are declared SORN — 1 in 14 of the 916 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the BRZ disappearing?

What fuel is the BRZ coded as?

DfT codes every vehicle in the Subaru BRZ generic-model group as petrol.

Does this say whether one BRZ is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its own free MOT, tax and mileage record.

Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.