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Volkswagen Derby: how many are still registered?

70still registered

Volkswagen Derby cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 5,002 (1994 Q4) - 1.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 8.2% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 44 in 2030.

36 of the survivors (51.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.3% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 5,002

Declared off-road (SORN)36 · 51.4%
Disappearing per year8.2%
Projected 2030~44

Derivatives

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

Volkswagen Derby vans56still reg.Volkswagen Derby buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 70 surviving Volkswagen Derby cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 66 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 51.1% 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 built1978 → 2006
30150
19782006
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On the road over time

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

5,002
1994log scale2026: 58
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Derby 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

801cc to 900cc1 cars · 1.4%
901cc to 1000cc1 cars · 1.4%
1001cc to 1100cc24 cars · 34.2%
1201cc to 1300cc6 cars · 8.5%
1301cc to 1400cc34 cars · 48.5%
1801cc to 1900cc2 cars · 2.8%
1901cc to 2000cc2 cars · 2.8%

Fuel

Petrol68 · 97.1%
Diesel2 · 2.8%

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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.