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Volkswagen 181 vans: how many are still registered?

6still registered

Volkswagen 181 vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

2 of the survivors (33.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

Every van drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)2 · 33.3%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volkswagen 181 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Volkswagen 181 cars48still reg.

By year

All 6 surviving Volkswagen 181 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 80.0% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1970 → 1975
210
197019711972197319741975
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On the road over time

Total Volkswagen 181 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

6
19942026: 6
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen 181 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 · 16.6%
1501cc to 1600cc2 vans · 33.3%
1601cc to 1700cc3 vans · 50.0%

Fuel

Petrol6 · 100%

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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.