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HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S ARE LEFT?

There are 16,654 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 4,806 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S that are currently SORNED.

The total number of VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S was highest during 2010 Q3 (68,875). The number taxed topped out in 2010 Q3 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2024 Q3.

Since the total peaked, some 47,415 (69%) VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S has fallen by 35,194. Licensed models have fallen by 37,222 and the SORNed total has increased by 2,028.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 12,515 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S models. Taxed models have declined by 12,408 and the SORNed total has fallen by 107.

78% of the surviving 21,460 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN GOLF S ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q43403434
1995 Q428028-6
1996 Q4330335
1997 Q425025-8
1998 Q46,64706,6476,622
1999 Q416,617016,6179,970
2000 Q426,720026,72010,103
2001 Q437,635037,63510,915
2002 Q448,329048,32910,694
2003 Q449,045049,045716
2004 Q453,250053,2504,205
2005 Q457,842057,8424,592
2006 Q460,204060,2042,362
2007 Q459,98960560,594390
2008 Q359,32970760,036-558
2008 Q459,06280759,869-167
2009 Q160,49291361,4051,536
2009 Q262,40392363,3261,921
2009 Q364,7631,22465,9872,661
2009 Q465,4271,59567,0221,035
2010 Q165,4791,89367,372350
2010 Q266,5031,74568,248876
2010 Q367,2241,65168,875627
2010 Q467,1721,54868,720-155
2011 Q166,9001,74568,645-75
2011 Q266,2041,87268,076-569
2011 Q366,1471,63967,786-290
2011 Q465,5371,73967,276-510
2012 Q165,3941,72867,122-154
2012 Q265,1461,72766,873-249
2012 Q364,2391,81466,053-820
2012 Q463,9991,79465,793-260
2013 Q163,0631,91664,979-814
2013 Q262,0511,81363,864-1,115
2013 Q361,2241,93863,162-702
2013 Q460,1572,10262,259-903
2014 Q159,1402,11461,254-1,005
2014 Q258,2842,02660,310-944
2014 Q358,4882,05960,547237
2014 Q456,6562,26258,918-1,629
2015 Q156,0082,55158,559-359
2015 Q253,8762,77856,654-1,905
2015 Q352,4182,96455,382-1,272
2015 Q451,2233,20954,432-950
2016 Q149,9543,57953,533-899
2016 Q248,2713,68851,959-1,574
2016 Q346,7933,84450,637-1,322
2016 Q445,8684,03949,907-730
2017 Q144,4194,10548,524-1,383
2017 Q242,8724,19247,064-1,460
2017 Q341,5684,22145,789-1,275
2017 Q440,2434,34544,588-1,201
2018 Q138,7394,35443,093-1,495
2018 Q237,4364,32441,760-1,333
2018 Q336,2274,36340,590-1,170
2018 Q435,1714,43339,604-986
2019 Q134,1374,42638,563-1,041
2019 Q232,9444,49137,435-1,128
2019 Q331,9224,56736,489-946
2019 Q430,9434,62435,567-922
2020 Q129,8944,87734,771-796
2020 Q229,0624,91333,975-796
2020 Q328,1684,84833,016-959
2020 Q427,3604,91932,279-737
2021 Q126,4824,97031,452-827
2021 Q225,6544,87330,527-925
2021 Q324,8334,85929,692-835
2021 Q424,2204,86429,084-608
2022 Q123,6164,82628,442-642
2022 Q223,0414,78027,821-621
2022 Q322,4064,75327,159-662
2022 Q421,9964,78626,782-377
2023 Q121,3854,81126,196-586
2023 Q220,8924,80225,694-502
2023 Q320,3744,85225,226-468
2023 Q419,8484,97224,820-406
2024 Q119,2915,02124,312-508
2024 Q218,8125,00523,817-495
2024 Q318,2835,02523,308-509
2024 Q417,6894,88522,574-734
2025 Q117,1684,83522,003-571
2025 Q216,6544,80621,460-543

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.