SAO · SAO PENZA · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 1 SAO PENZA remains registered in the UK — one of the rarest cars in Britain on today's roads. Numbers are at their highest recorded level since the model first appeared in our data in 2014 Q3. Numbers have held broadly steady over recent years rather than falling away — often the mark of a model that owners deliberately preserve. In all, the SAO PENZA is rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2025's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 1 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
The Mazda Familia (Japanese: マツダ ファミリア, Matsuda Famiria), also marketed prominently as the Mazda 323, Mazda Protegé and Mazda Allegro, is a small family car that was manufactured by Mazda between 1963 and 2003. The Familia line was replaced by the Mazda3/Axela for 2004. It was marketed as the Familia in Japan, which means "family" in Latin. For export, earlier models were sold with nameplates including: "800", "1000", "1200", and "1300". In North America, the 1200 was replaced by the Mazda GLC, with newer models becoming "323" and "Protegé". In Europe, all Familias sold after 1977 were called...
As of 2025 Q4, 1 SAO PENZA were still registered in the UK — 0 licensed and on the road, plus 1 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The SAO PENZA is genuinely rare, with only 1 left, making it rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of SAO PENZA on UK roads held steady.
Most SAO PENZA run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The SAO PENZA peaked at 1 registered in 2014 Q3, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.