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Volkswagen Urban: how many are still registered?

12,199still registered

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

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 21,721 (2011 Q4) - 56.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 8,622 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2061.

1,321 of the survivors (10.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

56.1% survives 2011 Q4 peak: 21,721

Declared off-road (SORN)1,321 · 10.8%
Disappearing per year6.7%
Projected 2030~8,622

Derivatives

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

Volkswagen Urban vans1still reg.

By year

All 12,199 surviving Volkswagen Urban cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 8,005 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 60.3% 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 built2006 → 2011
4,0002,0000
200620072008200920102011
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On the road over time

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

21,721
2006log scale2026: 12,356
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Urban 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 1200cc10,040 cars · 82.3%
1201cc to 1300cc1 cars · under 0.1%
1301cc to 1400cc2,158 cars · 17.6%

Fuel

Petrol12,198 · 99.9%
Gas1 · 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.