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Volvo 244: how many are still registered?

315still registered

Volvo 244 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 11 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 31,366 (1994 Q4) - 1.0% of that peak survives.

174 of the survivors (55.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.0% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 31,366

Declared off-road (SORN)174 · 55.2%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volvo 244 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Volvo 244 vans2still reg.

By year

All 315 surviving Volvo 244 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 21 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 93.7% 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 built1974 → 1989
80400
19741989
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On the road over time

Total Volvo 244 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

31,366
1994log scale2026: 303
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volvo 244 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

1901cc to 2000cc7 cars · 2.2%
2101cc to 2200cc278 cars · 88.2%
2301cc to 2400cc29 cars · 9.2%
3501cc to 3600cc1 cars · 0.3%

Fuel

Petrol314 · 99.6%
Gas1 · 0.3%

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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.