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Volkswagen 1300: how many are still registered?

1,584still registered

Volkswagen 1300 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,927 (1994 Q4) - 82.2% of that peak survives.

782 of the survivors (49.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

82.2% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,927

Declared off-road (SORN)782 · 49.3%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volkswagen 1300 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Volkswagen 1300 vans9still reg.Volkswagen 1300 buses and coaches0still reg.

By year

All 1,584 surviving Volkswagen 1300 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 272 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1968 → 2007
60300
19682007
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On the road over time

Total Volkswagen 1300 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,927
19942026: 1,547
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen 1300 cars 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

1101cc to 1200cc24 cars · 1.5%
1201cc to 1300cc1,131 cars · 71.4%
1301cc to 1400cc116 cars · 7.3%
1401cc to 1500cc16 cars · 1.0%
1501cc to 1600cc84 cars · 5.3%
1601cc to 1700cc188 cars · 11.8%
1701cc to 1800cc9 cars · 0.5%
Other sizes (7)15 cars · 0.9%

Fuel

Petrol1,581 · 99.8%
Other fuels (2)3 · 0.1%

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Source: 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.