VOLKSWAGEN

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HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN ARE LEFT?

There are 3,747,630 VOLKSWAGEN left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 389,687 VOLKSWAGEN that are currently SORNED.

There are currently more VOLKSWAGEN, in total, than ever before. The number taxed topped out in 2025 Q2 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLKSWAGEN has gained 923,897. Licensed models have increased by 687,477 and the SORNed total has increased by 236,420.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 399,755 VOLKSWAGEN models. Taxed models have grown by 320,582 and the SORNed total has increased by 79,173.

91% of the surviving 4,137,317 VOLKSWAGEN in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q41,175,37601,175,3761,175,376
1995 Q41,184,98701,184,9879,611
1996 Q41,263,90001,263,90078,913
1997 Q41,332,48701,332,48768,587
1998 Q41,398,24501,398,24565,758
1999 Q41,499,99801,499,998101,753
2000 Q41,592,60901,592,60992,611
2001 Q41,695,58601,695,586102,977
2002 Q41,794,96901,794,96999,383
2003 Q41,869,51601,869,51674,547
2004 Q41,973,52601,973,526104,010
2005 Q42,074,41702,074,417100,891
2006 Q42,157,57502,157,57583,158
2007 Q42,266,76399,9082,366,671209,096
2008 Q32,350,32795,4312,445,75879,087
2008 Q42,354,678105,5302,460,20814,450
2009 Q12,372,182106,2792,478,46118,253
2009 Q22,393,65099,2142,492,86414,403
2009 Q32,407,49796,8162,504,31311,449
2009 Q42,409,830104,7622,514,59210,279
2010 Q12,430,041105,5142,535,55520,963
2010 Q22,467,288100,3482,567,63632,081
2010 Q32,488,029101,1442,589,17321,537
2010 Q42,488,983112,2442,601,22712,054
2011 Q12,513,099114,1802,627,27926,052
2011 Q22,547,779109,4002,657,17929,900
2011 Q32,572,515108,3792,680,89423,715
2011 Q42,572,935120,5522,693,48712,593
2012 Q12,599,742119,3652,719,10725,620
2012 Q22,636,086110,1002,746,18627,079
2012 Q32,663,881107,4732,771,35425,168
2012 Q42,667,637119,7112,787,34815,994
2013 Q12,691,356121,4622,812,81825,470
2013 Q22,737,502113,5292,851,03138,213
2013 Q32,765,718110,6312,876,34925,318
2013 Q42,772,204137,1122,909,31632,967
2014 Q12,805,979133,3912,939,37030,054
2014 Q22,861,299123,2002,984,49945,129
2014 Q32,995,530130,1993,125,729141,230
2014 Q42,977,277148,3253,125,602-127
2015 Q13,017,445150,9983,168,44342,841
2015 Q23,060,153153,2673,213,42044,977
2015 Q33,092,239162,0813,254,32040,900
2015 Q43,095,229182,3353,277,56423,244
2016 Q13,126,573191,3703,317,94340,379
2016 Q23,163,107188,6513,351,75833,815
2016 Q33,186,979196,5783,383,55731,799
2016 Q43,211,172216,4183,427,59044,033
2017 Q13,238,487219,5273,458,01430,424
2017 Q23,264,617223,8243,488,44130,427
2017 Q33,288,859231,5543,520,41331,972
2017 Q43,286,001248,3333,534,33413,921
2018 Q13,311,848247,7753,559,62325,289
2018 Q23,345,571244,3963,589,96730,344
2018 Q33,365,625250,0803,615,70525,738
2018 Q43,368,556268,6193,637,17521,470
2019 Q13,391,072268,5403,659,61222,437
2019 Q23,423,252271,4593,694,71135,099
2019 Q33,444,781277,9103,722,69127,980
2019 Q43,446,208296,2143,742,42219,731
2020 Q13,430,153317,3243,747,4775,055
2020 Q23,427,048310,5143,737,562-9,915
2020 Q33,472,769305,9943,778,76341,201
2020 Q43,470,754323,2543,794,00815,245
2021 Q13,477,196325,9933,803,1899,181
2021 Q23,528,349314,3693,842,71839,529
2021 Q33,535,689314,3393,850,0287,310
2021 Q43,526,171328,4863,854,6574,629
2022 Q13,524,864326,2513,851,115-3,542
2022 Q23,541,120319,5063,860,6269,511
2022 Q33,555,649324,3513,880,00019,374
2022 Q43,572,132340,3893,912,52132,521
2023 Q13,581,841339,3403,921,1818,660
2023 Q23,608,043337,0873,945,13023,949
2023 Q33,622,848345,1863,968,03422,904
2023 Q43,629,675365,2813,994,95626,922
2024 Q13,645,489369,0084,014,49719,541
2024 Q23,671,863366,9334,038,79624,299
2024 Q33,692,500372,6394,065,13926,343
2024 Q43,694,090386,8744,080,96415,825
2025 Q13,720,026394,6804,114,70633,742
2025 Q23,747,630389,6874,137,31722,611

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.