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Volkswagen Polo vans: how many are still registered?

47still registered

Volkswagen Polo vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 15 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,274 (1994 Q4) - 3.6% of that peak survives.

33 of the survivors (70.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

3.6% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,274

Declared off-road (SORN)33 · 70.2%

Derivatives

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

Volkswagen Polo cars737,095still reg.Volkswagen Polo buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 47 surviving Volkswagen Polo vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 2 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 95.6% 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 → 2012
630
19862012
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On the road over time

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

1,274
1994log scale2026: 47
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Polo 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

1001cc to 1100cc31 vans · 65.9%
1101cc to 1200cc1 vans · 2.1%
1201cc to 1300cc7 vans · 14.8%
1301cc to 1400cc1 vans · 2.1%
1501cc to 1600cc1 vans · 2.1%
2401cc to 2500cc6 vans · 12.7%

Fuel

Petrol39 · 82.9%
Diesel8 · 17.0%

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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.