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HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI ARE LEFT?

There are 2,922 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 3,773 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI that are currently SORNED.

The total number of VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI was highest during 2008 Q3 (34,222). The number taxed topped out in 2008 Q3 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2024 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 27,527 (80%) VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI have been scrapped or exported.

During 2024 Q2 the number of VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI that were off the road (SORN) exceeded the number that were licensed for the first time. This could indicate the owners are reluctant to sell or scrap their car as they view them as a potential future classic.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI has fallen by 17,738. Licensed models have fallen by 19,977 and the SORNed total has increased by 2,239.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 6,189 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI models. Taxed models have declined by 6,269 and the SORNed total has increased by 80.

56% of the remaining 6,695 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI in the UK are currently off the road.

HOW MANY VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT S TDI ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1997 Q42,05402,0542,054
1998 Q45,05305,0532,999
1999 Q47,96107,9612,908
2000 Q411,161011,1613,200
2001 Q416,271016,2715,110
2002 Q422,190022,1905,919
2003 Q427,916027,9165,726
2004 Q431,522031,5223,606
2005 Q431,524031,5242
2006 Q432,522032,522998
2007 Q433,60159034,1911,669
2008 Q333,71151134,22231
2008 Q433,56156334,124-98
2009 Q133,62353134,15430
2009 Q233,30056233,862-292
2009 Q332,95654833,504-358
2009 Q432,53660633,142-362
2010 Q132,09259632,688-454
2010 Q231,85659832,454-234
2010 Q331,56862532,193-261
2010 Q431,15463631,790-403
2011 Q130,67070131,371-419
2011 Q230,17872430,902-469
2011 Q329,67174330,414-488
2011 Q429,12175829,879-535
2012 Q128,57775429,331-548
2012 Q228,04776428,811-520
2012 Q327,56176928,330-481
2012 Q426,96879827,766-564
2013 Q126,30884227,150-616
2013 Q225,79382126,614-536
2013 Q325,12784625,973-641
2013 Q424,51391725,430-543
2014 Q123,9391,00624,945-485
2014 Q223,46699924,465-480
2014 Q325,2571,16426,4211,956
2014 Q424,3231,25725,580-841
2015 Q123,6051,42525,030-550
2015 Q222,8991,53424,433-597
2015 Q322,1751,67423,849-584
2015 Q421,5701,81223,382-467
2016 Q120,9081,99822,906-476
2016 Q220,1242,09822,222-684
2016 Q319,2262,22521,451-771
2016 Q418,6142,40821,022-429
2017 Q117,7722,54220,314-708
2017 Q216,8492,71219,561-753
2017 Q316,0242,82318,847-714
2017 Q415,2702,93118,201-646
2018 Q114,4802,98517,465-736
2018 Q213,7033,01716,720-745
2018 Q312,9723,15516,127-593
2018 Q412,4653,23515,700-427
2019 Q111,8493,30315,152-548
2019 Q211,3303,38514,715-437
2019 Q310,7773,45714,234-481
2019 Q410,1783,52913,707-527
2020 Q19,6323,68613,318-389
2020 Q29,1913,69312,884-434
2020 Q38,7633,70912,472-412
2020 Q48,2583,77312,031-441
2021 Q17,7883,83611,624-407
2021 Q27,3613,83511,196-428
2021 Q36,8453,80110,646-550
2021 Q46,4543,84110,295-351
2022 Q16,1613,8379,998-297
2022 Q25,8483,8189,666-332
2022 Q35,5843,7959,379-287
2022 Q45,3213,8249,145-234
2023 Q14,9973,8328,829-316
2023 Q24,7263,8578,583-246
2023 Q34,4613,8748,335-248
2023 Q44,2183,8838,101-234
2024 Q13,9663,9247,890-211
2024 Q23,7083,9407,648-242
2024 Q33,4773,9107,387-261
2024 Q43,2803,8307,110-277
2025 Q13,0613,7896,850-260
2025 Q22,9223,7736,695-155

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.