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Volkswagen Karmann Ghia: how many are still registered?

1,348still registered

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

468 of the survivors (34.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

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Declared off-road (SORN)468 · 34.7%

Derivatives

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

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By year

All 1,348 surviving Volkswagen Karmann Ghia cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 1,149 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1976 → 2015
840
19762015
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On the road over time

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

1,328
1994log scale2026: 1,328
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Karmann Ghia 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

1101cc to 1200cc95 cars · 7.0%
1201cc to 1300cc100 cars · 7.4%
1301cc to 1400cc69 cars · 5.1%
1401cc to 1500cc102 cars · 7.5%
1501cc to 1600cc439 cars · 32.6%
1601cc to 1700cc473 cars · 35.1%
1701cc to 1800cc23 cars · 1.7%
1801cc to 1900cc9 cars · 0.6%
2001cc to 2100cc9 cars · 0.6%
2101cc to 2200cc7 cars · 0.5%
Other sizes (9)19 cars · 1.4%

Fuel

Petrol1,340 · 99.4%
Other fuels (2)8 · 0.5%

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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.