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How many Saab 9-5 cars are on UK roads?

5,405 Saab 9-5 cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, with another 4,490 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT and DVLA licensing statistics. That is down 13.6% on a year earlier and 15.7% of all licensed Saab cars, making it number 2 of the 2 Saab models listed here and number 402 of 408 models nationally.

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Data to 2026-06-30 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Licensed in GB
5,405
end of June 2026, DfT VEH0120
Change in a year
−13.6%
all cars: +1.5%
Typical year of first use
2006
median, UK, 31 Dec 2025 (all cars: 2016)

What the numbers say about the Saab 9-5

The number of Saab 9-5s on the road is down 13.6% on a year earlier, behind the +1.5% for all cars and in line with Saab as a whole (−14.0%). It peaked at 27,372 at the end of June 2016 and has fallen 80.3% since.

Only 1 were first registered in the UK from July 2025 to June 2026, so the Saab 9-5 is effectively no longer sold new here: the number on the road can only shrink as cars are scrapped, exported or taken off the road.

70% of licensed Saab 9-5s are petrol, against 54% of all cars. There are almost no electric or plug-in versions on the road.

100% of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2015 or earlier (all cars: 44%), and 45.4% of registered Saab 9-5s are SORN against 9.9% of all cars, a sign of cars kept off the road as projects, second cars or awaiting repair.

Saab 9-5s licensed, year by year

Official data: cars licensed (taxed, or exempt and on the road) in Great Britain at the end of each June. The peak in this series was 27,372 at the end of June 2016.

Saab 9-5s licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter endLicensedChange on a year earlier
June 20265,405−13.6%
June 20256,255−16.4%
June 20247,482−15.7%
June 20238,872−14.8%
June 202210,411−15.7%
June 202112,351−13.9%
June 202014,348−16.4%
June 201917,164−15.3%
June 201820,273−15.1%
June 201723,868−12.8%
June 201627,372—

Saab 9-5s by fuel type

Saab 9-5s licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)LicensedShareAll cars
Petrol3,80070.3%54.3%
Diesel1,55028.7%27.5%
Other fuel types330.6%0.0%
Gas210.4%0.1%
Official data, end of June 2026. Fuel types with fewer than 10 cars are not listed.

How old Saab 9-5s on the road are

Official data from DfT table VEH0124: cars licensed and SORN at 31 December 2025 in the whole UK, by the year the car was first used (for a car imported used, that is its first use abroad). This table is annual and UK-wide, so its total (5,973 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Saab 9-5s by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First usedLicensedShare of licensedSORN
201610.0%0
201310.0%0
2012200.3%3
20112734.6%87
20105348.9%110
20095248.8%90
200868111.4%216
200774412.5%324
200669011.6%444
2005 and earlier2,50541.9%3,468

Other Saab models on UK roads

Saab models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
ModelLicensedShare of SaabChange in a year
Saab 9-325,84275.0%−15.2%

Limitations

Licensed means taxed or tax-exempt and allowed on the road at the quarter end; SORN cars are registered but declared off the road. DfT groups cars by its own “generic model” (SAAB 9-5), which 73 Auto maps to the Saab 9-5; body styles and derivatives sold under that name are included. The Great Britain quarterly figures and the UK annual age table are separate official tables, so their totals differ slightly.

Check a specific Saab 9-5 before you buy

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Where these figures come from

Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.