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Volkswagen Caravelle vans: how many are still registered?

7,279still registered

Volkswagen Caravelle vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 64 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 7,505 (2019 Q3) - 96.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 7,026 in 2030.

1,591 of the survivors (21.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

96.9% survives 2019 Q3 peak: 7,505

Declared off-road (SORN)1,591 · 21.8%
Disappearing per year0.7%
Projected 2030~7,026

Derivatives

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

Volkswagen Caravelle cars10,273still reg.Volkswagen Caravelle lorries2still reg.Volkswagen Caravelle buses and coaches2,963still reg.

By year

All 7,279 surviving Volkswagen Caravelle vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 135 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 97.2% 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 built1983 → 2019
1,0005000
19832019
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On the road over time

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

7,468
1994log scale2026: 7,180
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Caravelle 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 1900cc39 vans · 0.5%
1901cc to 2000cc5,291 vans · 72.6%
2301cc to 2400cc67 vans · 0.9%
2401cc to 2500cc1,743 vans · 23.9%
2701cc to 2800cc46 vans · 0.6%
Other sizes (8)93 vans · 1.2%

Fuel

Diesel4,238 · 58.2%
Petrol2,938 · 40.3%
Gas102 · 1.4%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)1 · 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.