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HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 ARE LEFT?

There are 5,956 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 723 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 that are currently SORNED.

The total number of VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 was highest during 2014 Q3 (12,133). The number taxed topped out in 2014 Q3 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 5,454 (45%) VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 has fallen by 5,242. Licensed models have fallen by 5,898 and the SORNed total has increased by 656.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 3,984 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 models. Taxed models have declined by 4,291 and the SORNed total has increased by 307.

89% of the surviving 6,679 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S 80 ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2006 Q42,57502,5752,575
2007 Q47,8821027,9845,409
2008 Q311,1188711,2053,221
2008 Q411,5889111,679474
2009 Q111,60810311,71132
2009 Q211,58116111,74231
2009 Q311,6119311,704-38
2009 Q411,60510011,7051
2010 Q111,6158611,701-4
2010 Q211,5989211,690-11
2010 Q311,5956611,661-29
2010 Q411,5995111,650-11
2011 Q111,6294911,67828
2011 Q211,6084811,656-22
2011 Q311,6344411,67822
2011 Q411,6116911,6802
2012 Q111,6307411,70424
2012 Q211,6306011,690-14
2012 Q311,5966811,664-26
2012 Q411,5767311,649-15
2013 Q111,5687311,641-8
2013 Q211,5666311,629-12
2013 Q311,5465911,605-24
2013 Q411,5347511,6094
2014 Q111,5097311,582-27
2014 Q211,5166311,579-3
2014 Q312,0755812,133554
2014 Q411,9685612,024-109
2015 Q111,9215611,977-47
2015 Q211,8546711,921-56
2015 Q311,8157911,894-27
2015 Q411,80110511,90612
2016 Q111,72513111,856-50
2016 Q211,68512311,808-48
2016 Q311,59713811,735-73
2016 Q411,63514111,77641
2017 Q111,58914311,732-44
2017 Q211,49515511,650-82
2017 Q311,42817011,598-52
2017 Q411,36120611,567-31
2018 Q111,24223411,476-91
2018 Q211,14822611,374-102
2018 Q311,07125111,322-52
2018 Q411,03027111,301-21
2019 Q110,91230111,213-88
2019 Q210,83828411,122-91
2019 Q310,68734711,034-88
2019 Q410,53737010,907-127
2020 Q110,40439510,799-108
2020 Q210,24741610,663-136
2020 Q310,15741410,571-92
2020 Q49,97243610,408-163
2021 Q19,79545310,248-160
2021 Q29,61247210,084-164
2021 Q39,4014739,874-210
2021 Q49,2415059,746-128
2022 Q19,0065309,536-210
2022 Q28,7955339,328-208
2022 Q38,5565509,106-222
2022 Q48,4315418,972-134
2023 Q18,1675648,731-241
2023 Q27,9795738,552-179
2023 Q37,6966028,298-254
2023 Q47,5176158,132-166
2024 Q17,2436647,907-225
2024 Q26,9766517,627-280
2024 Q36,7166737,389-238
2024 Q46,4796897,168-221
2025 Q16,2437196,962-206
2025 Q25,9567236,679-283

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.