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Volkswagen Motor Caravan buses and coaches: how many are still registered?

28still registered

Volkswagen Motor Caravan buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 30 (1998 Q4) - 93.3% of that peak survives.

10 of the survivors (35.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

93.3% survives 1998 Q4 peak: 30

Declared off-road (SORN)10 · 35.7%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volkswagen Motor Caravan nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is buses and coaches only.

Volkswagen Motor Caravan cars33still reg.Volkswagen Motor Caravan vans8,086still reg.Volkswagen Motor Caravan lorries1still reg.

By year

All 28 surviving Volkswagen Motor Caravan buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 19 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1965 → 1980
420
19651980
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On the road over time

Total Volkswagen Motor Caravan buses and coaches registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

30
19942026: 27
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Motor Caravan buses and coaches 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 1300cc1 buses and coaches · 3.5%
1401cc to 1500cc3 buses and coaches · 10.7%
1501cc to 1600cc10 buses and coaches · 35.7%
1601cc to 1700cc7 buses and coaches · 25.0%
1701cc to 1800cc2 buses and coaches · 7.1%
1801cc to 1900cc2 buses and coaches · 7.1%
1901cc to 2000cc3 buses and coaches · 10.7%

Fuel

Petrol28 · 100%

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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.