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Volvo V50: how many are still registered?

27,729still registered

Volvo V50 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 134 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 51,721 (2012 Q3) - 53.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 8.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 17,879 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2063.

3,796 of the survivors (13.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

53.6% survives 2012 Q3 peak: 51,721

Declared off-road (SORN)3,796 · 13.6%
Disappearing per year8.4%
Projected 2030~17,879

By year

All 27,729 surviving Volvo V50 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 23,229 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 54.4% 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 built2004 → 2012
5,0002,5000
200420052006200720082009201020112012
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On the road over time

Total Volvo V50 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

51,633
2004log scale2026: 25,424
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Volvo V50 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 1600cc10,050 cars · 36.2%
1701cc to 1800cc2,421 cars · 8.7%
1901cc to 2000cc12,167 cars · 43.8%
2401cc to 2500cc2,605 cars · 9.3%
2501cc to 2600cc477 cars · 1.7%
Other sizes (3)9 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Diesel22,297 · 80.4%
Petrol5,408 · 19.5%
Gas24 · 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.