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Volkswagen Bora: how many are still registered?

10,737still registered

Volkswagen Bora cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 34 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 52,606 (2005 Q4) - 20.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 11.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 5,860 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2045.

4,847 of the survivors (45.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

20.4% survives 2005 Q4 peak: 52,606

Declared off-road (SORN)4,847 · 45.1%
Disappearing per year11.4%
Projected 2030~5,860

Derivatives

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

Volkswagen Bora vans1still reg.Volkswagen Bora lorries1still reg.

By year

All 10,737 surviving Volkswagen Bora cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 28,831 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 27.1% 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 built1999 → 2006
2,0001,0000
19992000200120022003200420052006
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On the road over time

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

52,606
1999log scale2026: 8,224
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Bora 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

1501cc to 1600cc1,097 cars · 10.2%
1601cc to 1700cc267 cars · 2.4%
1701cc to 1800cc213 cars · 1.9%
1801cc to 1900cc7,968 cars · 74.2%
1901cc to 2000cc714 cars · 6.6%
2001cc to 2100cc57 cars · 0.5%
2301cc to 2400cc238 cars · 2.2%
2701cc to 2800cc95 cars · 0.8%
2801cc to 2900cc56 cars · 0.5%
Other sizes (5)32 cars · 0.2%

Fuel

Diesel8,000 · 74.5%
Petrol2,729 · 25.4%
Gas8 · under 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.