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Volvo 145: how many are still registered?

92still registered

Volvo 145 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 6 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 614 (1994 Q4) - 14.9% of that peak survives.

43 of the survivors (46.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

14.9% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 614

Declared off-road (SORN)43 · 46.7%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volvo 145 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Volvo 145 vans2still reg.Volvo 145 lorries2still reg.Volvo 145 buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 92 surviving Volvo 145 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 37 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars. Across every year, 21 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 63.7% 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 built1969 → 2002
840
19692002
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On the road over time

Total Volvo 145 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

614
1994log scale2026: 89
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volvo 145 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

1701cc to 1800cc1 cars · 1.0%
1901cc to 2000cc90 cars · 97.8%
2001cc to 2100cc1 cars · 1.0%

Fuel

Petrol92 · 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.