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Volkswagen Jetta: how many are still registered?

18,280still registered

Volkswagen Jetta cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 90 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 53,870 (1994 Q4) - 33.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 9.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 11,157 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2055.

2,654 of the survivors (14.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

33.9% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 53,870

Declared off-road (SORN)2,654 · 14.5%
Disappearing per year9.4%
Projected 2030~11,157

Derivatives

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

By year

All 18,280 surviving Volkswagen Jetta cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 15,728 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 49.0% 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 built1986 → 2018
3,0001,5000
19862018
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On the road over time

Total Volkswagen Jetta cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year, and at the latest quarter DfT has published.

26,93553,87053,870
19942026 Q2: 12,370
Point at the line for a year

Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Jetta 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

1201cc to 1300cc177 cars · 0.9%
1301cc to 1400cc1,419 cars · 7.7%
1401cc to 1500cc100 cars · 0.5%
1501cc to 1600cc4,972 cars · 27.1%
1701cc to 1800cc380 cars · 2.0%
1801cc to 1900cc3,383 cars · 18.5%
1901cc to 2000cc7,752 cars · 42.4%
Other sizes (11)97 cars · 0.5%

Fuel

Diesel15,170 · 82.9%
Petrol3,107 · 16.9%
Other fuels (2)3 · 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.