Car statistics
Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dies statistics
How many Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dieses are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the 90 Turbo Dies compares with other versions of the Land Rover Defender. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 90 +5.9% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 90 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 64.3% Other Land Rover Defender versions 42.6%
- Licensed in 1994 271 when this data begins
- Share of Land Rover Defenders 0.2% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 50.0% of those still registered are SORN
How many Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dieses are left in Great Britain?
There were 90 Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dieses licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 90 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 66.8% lower than the 271 in 1994, when this data begins.
Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dieses licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 271 | – |
| 1995 | 254 | – |
| 1996 | 248 | – |
| 1997 | 257 | – |
| 1998 | 249 | – |
| 1999 | 236 | – |
| 2000 | 233 | – |
| 2001 | 229 | – |
| 2002 | 224 | – |
| 2003 | 220 | – |
| 2004 | 215 | – |
| 2005 | 215 | – |
| 2006 | 207 | – |
| 2007 | 207 | 11 |
| 2008 | 196 | 18 |
| 2009 | 187 | 21 |
| 2010 | 175 | 27 |
| 2011 | 180 | 23 |
| 2012 | 179 | 20 |
| 2013 | 167 | 28 |
| 2014 | 165 | 33 |
| 2015 | 156 | 43 |
| 2016 | 155 | 46 |
| 2017 | 134 | 59 |
| 2018 | 130 | 58 |
| 2019 | 122 | 63 |
| 2020 | 113 | 65 |
| 2021 | 105 | 75 |
| 2022 | 99 | 80 |
| 2023 | 90 | 85 |
| 2024 | 86 | 89 |
| 2025 | 89 | 90 |
| 2026 | 90 | 90 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
How many Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dieses have survived?
64.3% of Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dieses are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1994. For other versions of the Land Rover Defender from the same era, the figure is 42.6%, so Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dieses are 1.5 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 10 other versions of the Land Rover Defender from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dies | 64.3% |
| Other Land Rover Defender versions of the same age | 42.6% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Land Rover Defender MOT reliability
We do not show MOT figures for the Land Rover Defender: 62% of those on the DVLA record are vans, and DVSA's results do not separate car and van tests of the same model.
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Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of June 2026 | 180 Land Rover Defender 90 Turbo Dies records (licensed and SORN) | 2 October 2026 |
- Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
- Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately, from 2007.
- This version groups DVLA’s detailed model names “90 DEFENDER TURBO DIES”. Engine size, gearbox, number of doors and fuel are ignored, so every engine and gearbox counts together.
- Survival compares the number still registered (licensed or SORN) with the most licensed at any year end since 1994, plus any first registered after that year. Other versions are those of the same model whose licensed count peaked in the same years, up to 2001.
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