TOYOTA · TOYOTA SOARER · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 65 TOYOTA SOARERs remain 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. Tellingly, 55% are declared SORN — kept off the road in garages and barns rather than driven, the signature of a car being looked after rather than used up. In all, the TOYOTA SOARER is rarer than 63% of the 2,408 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2025's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 65 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 63% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
The Toyota Soarer (Japanese: トヨタ・ソアラ, Hepburn: Toyota Soara) is a personal luxury GT coupé produced from 1981 to 2005 by Toyota and sold in Japan. It was available at both Japanese Toyota dealerships called Toyota Store and Toyopet Store, and it debuted with the Z10 series, replacing the Toyopet Store exclusive Mark II coupé, the Toyota Auto Store exclusive Chaser coupé, and both the Toyota Store exclusive Crown coupé and Carina coupé. In 1986, the Z20 series Soarer was launched, based on the then-new A70 series Supra platform, which was exclusive to Toyota Corolla Store locations. In 1991, the...
As of 2025 Q4, 65 TOYOTA SOARER were still registered in the UK — 29 licensed and on the road, plus 36 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The TOYOTA SOARER is genuinely rare, with only 65 left, making it rarer than 63% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of TOYOTA SOARER on UK roads held steady.
Most TOYOTA SOARER run on petrol — about 77% of those still registered, with the rest split across hybrid, gas (lpg).
The TOYOTA SOARER peaked at 65 registered in 2024 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.