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Volvo 245: how many are still registered?

227still registered

Volvo 245 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 10 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 30,836 (1994 Q4) - 0.7% of that peak survives.

152 of the survivors (66.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.7% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 30,836

Declared off-road (SORN)152 · 66.9%

By year

All 227 surviving Volvo 245 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 8 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 96.5% 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 → 2009
50250
19742009
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On the road over time

Total Volvo 245 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

30,836
1994log scale2026: 227
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volvo 245 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

1501cc to 1600cc1 cars · 0.4%
1901cc to 2000cc9 cars · 3.9%
2101cc to 2200cc188 cars · 82.8%
2301cc to 2400cc29 cars · 12.7%

Fuel

Petrol224 · 98.6%
Diesel2 · 0.8%
Gas1 · 0.4%

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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.