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Volkswagen 800 vans: how many are still registered?

6,936still registered

Volkswagen 800 vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 9,714 (2002 Q4) - 71.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 6,331 in 2030.

2,287 of the survivors (32.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

71.4% survives 2002 Q4 peak: 9,714

Declared off-road (SORN)2,287 · 32.9%
Disappearing per year1.8%
Projected 2030~6,331

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volkswagen 800 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Volkswagen 800 cars12still reg.Volkswagen 800 buses and coaches21still reg.

By year

All 6,936 surviving Volkswagen 800 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 864 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 88.9% 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 built1996 → 2002
2,0001,0000
1996199719981999200020012002
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On the road over time

Total Volkswagen 800 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

9,714
19962026: 6,738
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen 800 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

1801cc to 1900cc6,891 vans · 99.3%
Other sizes (8)45 vans · 0.6%

Fuel

Diesel6,912 · 99.6%
Other fuels (3)24 · 0.3%

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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.