Rarity / Volkswagen / California / Vans
Volkswagen California vans: how many are still registered?
13,854still registered
Volkswagen California vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 40 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 14,318 (2026 Q2) - 96.7% of that peak survives.
212 of the survivors (1.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
96.7% survives 2026 Q2 peak: 14,318
One van drawn per 100 on the road - there are too many left to draw one each. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
Derivatives
DVLA also registers other body types under the Volkswagen California nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.
By year
All 13,854 surviving Volkswagen California vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
Vans joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built.
On the road over time
Total Volkswagen California vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen California 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
Fuel
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Check a reg freeSource: 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.