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Volvo V40: how many are still registered?

99,231still registered

Volvo V40 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 292 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 108,319 (2019 Q3) - 91.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 91,075 in 2030.

4,518 of the survivors (4.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

91.6% survives 2019 Q3 peak: 108,319

Declared off-road (SORN)4,518 · 4.5%
Disappearing per year1.7%
Projected 2030~91,075

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Volvo V40 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Volvo V40 vans3still reg.Volvo V40 lorries1still reg.

By year

All 99,231 surviving Volvo V40 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 31,112 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 52.6% 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 built1997 → 2019
20,00010,0000
19972019
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On the road over time

Total Volvo V40 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

108,005
1996log scale2026: 95,242
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volvo V40 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 1500cc11,750 cars · 11.8%
1501cc to 1600cc28,131 cars · 28.3%
1701cc to 1800cc1,753 cars · 1.7%
1801cc to 1900cc1,687 cars · 1.7%
1901cc to 2000cc55,782 cars · 56.2%
Other sizes (5)128 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Diesel62,039 · 62.5%
Petrol37,138 · 37.4%
Other fuels (2)54 · under 0.1%

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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.