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HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN POLO S ARE LEFT?

There are 8,519 VOLKSWAGEN POLO S left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 2,699 VOLKSWAGEN POLO S that are currently SORNED.

The total number of VOLKSWAGEN POLO S was highest during 2005 Q4 (38,695). The number taxed topped out in 2005 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2021 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 27,477 (71%) VOLKSWAGEN POLO S have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLKSWAGEN POLO S has fallen by 22,563. Licensed models have fallen by 23,755 and the SORNed total has increased by 1,192.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 9,401 VOLKSWAGEN POLO S models. Taxed models have declined by 9,013 and the SORNed total has fallen by 388.

76% of the surviving 11,218 VOLKSWAGEN POLO S in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN POLO S ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2000 Q47,50807,5087,508
2001 Q410,074010,0742,566
2002 Q423,332023,33213,258
2003 Q435,895035,89512,563
2004 Q437,979037,9792,084
2005 Q438,695038,695716
2006 Q438,487038,487-208
2007 Q438,41525438,669182
2008 Q338,27625638,532-137
2008 Q438,15632538,481-51
2009 Q138,07635838,434-47
2009 Q237,92338838,311-123
2009 Q337,85138438,235-76
2009 Q437,72140638,127-108
2010 Q137,54345337,996-131
2010 Q237,43245237,884-112
2010 Q337,25550337,758-126
2010 Q437,15651237,668-90
2011 Q136,89759737,494-174
2011 Q236,74264037,382-112
2011 Q336,52664637,172-210
2011 Q436,28871337,001-171
2012 Q136,08172736,808-193
2012 Q235,83774036,577-231
2012 Q335,55777536,332-245
2012 Q435,30179336,094-238
2013 Q134,94883335,781-313
2013 Q234,64682435,470-311
2013 Q334,13487435,008-462
2013 Q433,74399334,736-272
2014 Q133,2321,05834,290-446
2014 Q232,88798633,873-417
2014 Q333,4151,06634,481608
2014 Q432,9471,21134,158-323
2015 Q132,7061,38634,092-66
2015 Q232,2741,50733,781-311
2015 Q331,7421,72533,467-314
2015 Q431,3751,93233,307-160
2016 Q130,8472,15533,002-305
2016 Q229,9682,18932,157-845
2016 Q329,1222,36131,483-674
2016 Q428,7082,46731,175-308
2017 Q127,8682,59830,466-709
2017 Q227,0412,61529,656-810
2017 Q326,1162,63328,749-907
2017 Q425,2312,73627,967-782
2018 Q124,3432,70227,045-922
2018 Q223,9262,70626,632-413
2018 Q322,8572,74225,599-1,033
2018 Q422,0132,81724,830-769
2019 Q121,2292,87924,108-722
2019 Q220,5282,85623,384-724
2019 Q319,7572,91822,675-709
2019 Q419,0242,91521,939-736
2020 Q118,2433,07721,320-619
2020 Q217,5323,08720,619-701
2020 Q316,8513,06319,914-705
2020 Q416,1313,10319,234-680
2021 Q115,4143,14718,561-673
2021 Q214,7593,06017,819-742
2021 Q314,0403,02017,060-759
2021 Q413,5123,00316,515-545
2022 Q113,0322,95315,985-530
2022 Q212,5822,88615,468-517
2022 Q312,1432,85815,001-467
2022 Q411,7872,84214,629-372
2023 Q111,4152,83114,246-383
2023 Q211,1062,81113,917-329
2023 Q310,7482,82213,570-347
2023 Q410,4092,85613,265-305
2024 Q110,0582,85512,913-352
2024 Q29,7322,85012,582-331
2024 Q39,3952,83312,228-354
2024 Q49,1332,72511,858-370
2025 Q18,8152,70411,519-339
2025 Q28,5192,69911,218-301

How Rare Is My Car analyses 'road tax' data from the DVLA, this dataset is only available from 1994 onwards.

DVLA vehicle licensing statistics last updated 23/10/2025.