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Volkswagen 1600 vans: how many are still registered?

41still registered

Volkswagen 1600 vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 10 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 51 (1994 Q4) - 80.3% of that peak survives.

17 of the survivors (41.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

80.3% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 51

Declared off-road (SORN)17 · 41.4%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volkswagen 1600 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Volkswagen 1600 cars461still reg.Volkswagen 1600 buses and coaches5still reg.

By year

All 41 surviving Volkswagen 1600 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 33 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1974 → 2013
210
19742013
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On the road over time

Total Volkswagen 1600 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

51
1994log scale2026: 43
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen 1600 vans 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

1401cc to 1500cc1 vans · 2.4%
1501cc to 1600cc13 vans · 31.7%
1601cc to 1700cc15 vans · 36.5%
1801cc to 1900cc1 vans · 2.4%
1901cc to 2000cc8 vans · 19.5%
2001cc to 2100cc1 vans · 2.4%
2101cc to 2200cc1 vans · 2.4%
2301cc to 2400cc1 vans · 2.4%

Fuel

Petrol34 · 82.9%
Diesel7 · 17.0%

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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.