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VDL Futura buses and coaches: how many are still registered?
416still registered
VDL Futura buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 11 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 516 (2026 Q2) - 80.6% of that peak survives.
8 of the survivors (1.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
80.6% survives 2026 Q2 peak: 516
Every bus or coach drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
By year
All 416 surviving VDL Futura buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
Buses and coaches joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built.
On the road over time
Total VDL Futura buses and coaches registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving VDL Futura buses and coaches split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.
Engine size
Fuel
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Check a reg freeSource: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.