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HOW MANY VOLVO S40 ARE LEFT?

There are 15,229 VOLVO S40 left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 5,500 VOLVO S40 that are currently SORNED.

The total number of VOLVO S40 was highest during 2009 Q1 (83,956). The number taxed topped out in 2009 Q1 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2024 Q3.

Since the total peaked, some 63,227 (75%) VOLVO S40 have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLVO S40 has fallen by 37,659. Licensed models have fallen by 40,569 and the SORNed total has increased by 2,910.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 15,632 VOLVO S40 models. Taxed models have declined by 16,073 and the SORNed total has increased by 441.

73% of the surviving 20,729 VOLVO S40 in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY VOLVO S40 ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q42022
1996 Q42,89702,8972,895
1997 Q412,331012,3319,434
1998 Q423,536023,53611,205
1999 Q434,627034,62711,091
2000 Q443,504043,5048,877
2001 Q450,927050,9277,423
2002 Q457,514057,5146,587
2003 Q462,549062,5495,035
2004 Q468,671068,6716,122
2005 Q474,395074,3955,724
2006 Q477,671077,6713,276
2007 Q479,3981,44580,8433,172
2008 Q381,8481,62183,4692,626
2008 Q482,0091,73383,742273
2009 Q182,1711,78583,956214
2009 Q281,6991,71983,418-538
2009 Q381,1761,73382,909-509
2009 Q480,9511,81982,770-139
2010 Q180,8161,80282,618-152
2010 Q280,5821,81482,396-222
2010 Q379,8281,94981,777-619
2010 Q478,7312,05980,790-987
2011 Q177,7802,13479,914-876
2011 Q276,3072,19478,501-1,413
2011 Q375,1822,24877,430-1,071
2011 Q474,0792,24376,322-1,108
2012 Q173,1042,18675,290-1,032
2012 Q271,9232,05273,975-1,315
2012 Q370,6102,06272,672-1,303
2012 Q469,2052,08571,290-1,382
2013 Q167,5352,08469,619-1,671
2013 Q266,0701,97268,042-1,577
2013 Q364,3301,99166,321-1,721
2013 Q462,9052,15165,056-1,265
2014 Q161,4102,15563,565-1,491
2014 Q260,1682,06962,237-1,328
2014 Q360,4702,17962,649412
2014 Q458,6272,34560,972-1,677
2015 Q157,2782,45959,737-1,235
2015 Q255,7982,59058,388-1,349
2015 Q354,3432,72457,067-1,321
2015 Q453,2122,95856,170-897
2016 Q151,9033,21955,122-1,048
2016 Q250,3493,27953,628-1,494
2016 Q348,8873,45252,339-1,289
2016 Q447,9943,65151,645-694
2017 Q146,6953,75650,451-1,194
2017 Q245,2613,87249,133-1,318
2017 Q343,8393,90347,742-1,391
2017 Q442,6904,02346,713-1,029
2018 Q141,3764,06745,443-1,270
2018 Q240,0564,07044,126-1,317
2018 Q338,7674,19142,958-1,168
2018 Q437,7674,34142,108-850
2019 Q136,6514,38441,035-1,073
2019 Q235,5094,49140,000-1,035
2019 Q334,2834,63438,917-1,083
2019 Q433,2684,78338,051-866
2020 Q132,2125,02437,236-815
2020 Q231,3025,05936,361-875
2020 Q330,4505,01435,464-897
2020 Q429,4935,14634,639-825
2021 Q128,5585,22033,778-861
2021 Q227,6395,14232,781-997
2021 Q326,5835,15731,740-1,041
2021 Q425,8605,21031,070-670
2022 Q125,0475,22430,271-799
2022 Q224,1905,19329,383-888
2022 Q323,3995,18628,585-798
2022 Q422,7115,21827,929-656
2023 Q121,8665,27327,139-790
2023 Q221,1245,33526,459-680
2023 Q320,2915,37125,662-797
2023 Q419,5415,46625,007-655
2024 Q118,8005,53124,331-676
2024 Q218,0585,58023,638-693
2024 Q317,3295,59422,923-715
2024 Q416,5915,54522,136-787
2025 Q115,8975,48521,382-754
2025 Q215,2295,50020,729-653

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.