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HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT ARE LEFT?

There are 188,737 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 42,440 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT that are currently SORNED.

The total number of VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT was highest during 2014 Q3 (366,798). The number taxed topped out in 2014 Q3 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 135,621 (37%) VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT has fallen by 129,014. Licensed models have fallen by 158,186 and the SORNed total has increased by 29,172.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 76,555 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT models. Taxed models have declined by 83,995 and the SORNed total has increased by 7,440.

82% of the surviving 231,177 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q4102,7760102,776102,776
1995 Q4103,9840103,9841,208
1996 Q4107,7110107,7113,727
1997 Q4117,2660117,2669,555
1998 Q4140,0770140,07722,811
1999 Q4161,9460161,94621,869
2000 Q4177,6900177,69015,744
2001 Q4200,5760200,57622,886
2002 Q4226,8340226,83426,258
2003 Q4248,4360248,43621,602
2004 Q4266,8040266,80418,368
2005 Q4287,2880287,28820,484
2006 Q4305,4690305,46918,181
2007 Q4323,2397,725330,96425,495
2008 Q3331,2017,792338,9938,029
2008 Q4332,4308,047340,4771,484
2009 Q1333,5667,903341,469992
2009 Q2335,4147,802343,2161,747
2009 Q3336,3897,428343,817601
2009 Q4336,0207,792343,812-5
2010 Q1337,1877,381344,568756
2010 Q2338,9707,717346,6872,119
2010 Q3338,8478,207347,054367
2010 Q4337,3328,457345,789-1,265
2011 Q1338,4358,433346,8681,079
2011 Q2342,0618,296350,3573,489
2011 Q3344,5648,280352,8442,487
2011 Q4344,1078,706352,813-31
2012 Q1345,6888,560354,2481,435
2012 Q2346,0458,290354,33587
2012 Q3346,5998,219354,818483
2012 Q4343,7638,424352,187-2,631
2013 Q1341,7438,641350,384-1,803
2013 Q2341,7158,678350,3939
2013 Q3339,9848,582348,566-1,827
2013 Q4337,1499,631346,780-1,786
2014 Q1336,3109,988346,298-482
2014 Q2337,8609,701347,5611,263
2014 Q3356,19210,606366,79819,237
2014 Q4349,35811,376360,734-6,064
2015 Q1347,59212,426360,018-716
2015 Q2346,92313,268360,191173
2015 Q3345,48814,165359,653-538
2015 Q4343,60015,558359,158-495
2016 Q1340,87817,294358,172-986
2016 Q2340,02917,958357,987-185
2016 Q3336,42218,634355,056-2,931
2016 Q4334,76220,285355,047-9
2017 Q1332,13121,366353,497-1,550
2017 Q2328,29022,482350,772-2,725
2017 Q3324,00423,413347,417-3,355
2017 Q4320,27024,785345,055-2,362
2018 Q1316,24325,625341,868-3,187
2018 Q2312,48026,374338,854-3,014
2018 Q3307,67027,217334,887-3,967
2018 Q4303,10028,362331,462-3,425
2019 Q1297,36029,239326,599-4,863
2019 Q2292,40830,323322,731-3,868
2019 Q3287,97031,283319,253-3,478
2019 Q4282,69032,533315,223-4,030
2020 Q1276,58934,596311,185-4,038
2020 Q2272,73235,000307,732-3,453
2020 Q3268,86935,127303,996-3,736
2020 Q4263,79236,177299,969-4,027
2021 Q1259,46336,805296,268-3,701
2021 Q2256,83136,564293,395-2,873
2021 Q3251,88536,700288,585-4,810
2021 Q4247,41737,296284,713-3,872
2022 Q1242,90137,552280,453-4,260
2022 Q2239,22437,507276,731-3,722
2022 Q3235,25737,769273,026-3,705
2022 Q4231,89538,316270,211-2,815
2023 Q1226,88238,666265,548-4,663
2023 Q2222,93239,018261,950-3,598
2023 Q3218,09439,626257,720-4,230
2023 Q4213,32040,549253,869-3,851
2024 Q1208,46641,354249,820-4,049
2024 Q2204,31441,787246,101-3,719
2024 Q3200,17541,802241,977-4,124
2024 Q4196,02741,808237,835-4,142
2025 Q1192,65442,057234,711-3,124
2025 Q2188,73742,440231,177-3,534

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.