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Volkswagen Passat vans: how many are still registered?

56still registered

Volkswagen Passat vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 32 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 126 (2010 Q4) - 44.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 46 in 2030.

10 of the survivors (17.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

44.4% survives 2010 Q4 peak: 126

Declared off-road (SORN)10 · 17.8%
Disappearing per year2.5%
Projected 2030~46

Derivatives

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

Volkswagen Passat cars222,239still reg.Volkswagen Passat lorries0still reg.Volkswagen Passat buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 56 surviving Volkswagen Passat vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 50 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars. Across every year, 32 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 60.0% 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 built1989 → 2023
30150
19892023
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On the road over time

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

126
1994log scale2026: 53
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Passat 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

1501cc to 1600cc4 vans · 7.1%
1601cc to 1700cc1 vans · 1.7%
1701cc to 1800cc2 vans · 3.5%
1801cc to 1900cc7 vans · 12.5%
1901cc to 2000cc37 vans · 66.0%
2401cc to 2500cc5 vans · 8.9%

Fuel

Diesel45 · 80.3%
Petrol11 · 19.6%

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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.