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Volvo 460: how many are still registered?

244still registered

Volvo 460 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 45 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 28,198 (1997 Q4) - 0.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 180 in 2030.

203 of the survivors (83.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.8% survives 1997 Q4 peak: 28,198

Declared off-road (SORN)203 · 83.1%
Disappearing per year5.7%
Projected 2030~180

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volvo 460 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Volvo 460 lorries1still reg.

By year

All 244 surviving Volvo 460 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 457 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 34.6% 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 built1990 → 2011
50250
19902011
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On the road over time

Total Volvo 460 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

28,198
1994log scale2026: 231
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volvo 460 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 1600cc10 cars · 4.0%
1701cc to 1800cc158 cars · 64.7%
1801cc to 1900cc18 cars · 7.3%
1901cc to 2000cc54 cars · 22.1%
2001cc to 2100cc1 cars · 0.4%
2401cc to 2500cc3 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Petrol225 · 92.2%
Diesel19 · 7.7%

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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.