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Volkswagen Variant: how many are still registered?

106still registered

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

34 of the survivors (32.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)34 · 32.0%

Derivatives

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

Volkswagen Variant vans2still reg.

By year

All 106 surviving Volkswagen Variant cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 83 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1964 → 2003
1570
19642003
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On the road over time

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

106
1994log scale2026: 106
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volkswagen Variant 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

1401cc to 1500cc9 cars · 8.4%
1501cc to 1600cc54 cars · 50.9%
1601cc to 1700cc39 cars · 36.7%
1701cc to 1800cc2 cars · 1.8%
1901cc to 2000cc1 cars · 0.9%
2001cc to 2100cc1 cars · 0.9%

Fuel

Petrol106 · 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.