Car statistics
Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highline statistics
How many Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the VR6 Highline compares with other versions of the Volkswagen Golf. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 119 −5.6% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 514 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 33.3% Other Volkswagen Golf versions 4.7%
- Peak year 1998 1,839 licensed
- Share of Volkswagen Golfs 0.1% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 81.2% of those still registered are SORN
How many Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines are left in Great Britain?
There were 119 Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 514 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 93.5% lower than its peak of 1,839 in 1998. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 81.2% of those still registered are off the road.
Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 245 | – |
| 1996 | 897 | – |
| 1997 | 1,785 | – |
| 1998 | 1,839 | – |
| 1999 | 1,799 | – |
| 2000 | 1,763 | – |
| 2001 | 1,779 | – |
| 2002 | 1,749 | – |
| 2003 | 1,717 | – |
| 2004 | 1,676 | – |
| 2005 | 1,609 | – |
| 2006 | 1,519 | – |
| 2007 | 1,444 | 118 |
| 2008 | 1,294 | 159 |
| 2009 | 1,166 | 187 |
| 2010 | 1,022 | 228 |
| 2011 | 799 | 304 |
| 2012 | 676 | 280 |
| 2013 | 559 | 316 |
| 2014 | 481 | 313 |
| 2015 | 383 | 374 |
| 2016 | 329 | 407 |
| 2017 | 282 | 440 |
| 2018 | 231 | 475 |
| 2019 | 200 | 485 |
| 2020 | 195 | 484 |
| 2021 | 167 | 497 |
| 2022 | 146 | 516 |
| 2023 | 127 | 528 |
| 2024 | 130 | 503 |
| 2025 | 118 | 512 |
| 2026 | 119 | 514 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
How many Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines have survived?
33.3% of Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1995. For other versions of the Volkswagen Golf from the same era, the figure is 4.7%, so Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines are 7.1 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 12 other versions of the Volkswagen Golf from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highline | 33.3% |
| Other Volkswagen Golf versions of the same age | 4.7% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highline engine sizes and fuel types
Of the 119 Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highlines licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 98.3% have an engine of 2,701cc to 2,800cc.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
| Engine size | Share of those licensed |
|---|---|
| 2,701cc to 2,800cc 117 licensed | 98.3% |
| Other sizes 2 licensed | 1.7% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated
Fuel type, 2014 to 2025
Share of those licensed at the end of each year.
| Year | Petrol | Diesel |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 98.8% | 1.2% |
| 2015 | 98.7% | 1.3% |
| 2016 | 98.5% | 1.5% |
| 2017 | 98.6% | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 98.3% | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | 1.0% |
| 2020 | 99.5% | 0.5% |
| 2021 | 99.4% | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 99.3% | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 99.2% | 0.8% |
| 2025 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated
United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page. This covers cars DVLA records under this version’s name only; the Volkswagen Golf page covers every version. How we use engine sizes.
Other versions of the Volkswagen Golf
Versions of the Volkswagen Golf with their own page. The Volkswagen Golf page covers all 900,884 licensed, whatever the version.
| Version | Licensed | SORN | Still registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Golf GTI | 39,080 | 20,061 | – |
| Volkswagen Golf R | 35,845 | 1,174 | 85.4% |
| Volkswagen Golf R32 | 3,919 | 2,273 | 72.5% |
| Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet | 595 | 2,100 | 50.4% |
| Volkswagen Golf Clipper Cabriolet | 539 | 1,901 | 50.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 30 | 1,353 | 429 | 78.2% |
| Volkswagen Golf VR6 | 258 | 1,336 | 20.9% |
| Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet | 233 | 796 | 21.2% |
| Volkswagen Golf Avantgarde Cabriolet | 167 | 522 | 21.8% |
| Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highline | 119 | 514 | 33.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf Anniversary T | 239 | 285 | 65.2% |
| Volkswagen Golf Anniversary | 223 | 266 | 53.1% |
| Volkswagen Golf GL Cabriolet | 107 | 274 | 33.4% |
| Volkswagen Golf GTI Rivage | 87 | 229 | 59.2% |
| Volkswagen Golf GTI Sportline | 47 | 186 | 66.6% |
| Volkswagen Golf GTI Anniversary | 37 | 181 | 31.1% |
| Volkswagen Golf CC Cabriolet | 27 | 130 | 44.9% |
| Volkswagen Golf Syncro | 12 | 116 | 19.8% |
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of March 2026 | 633 Volkswagen Golf VR6 Highline records (licensed and SORN) | 15 September 2026 |
- Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
- Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately, from 2007.
- This version groups DVLA’s detailed model names “GOLF VR6 HIGHLINE”, “GOLF VR6 HIGHLINE AUTO”. Engine size, gearbox, number of doors and fuel are ignored, so every engine and gearbox counts together.
- Survival compares the number still registered (licensed or SORN) with the most licensed at any year end since 1994, plus any first registered after that year. Other versions are those of the same model whose licensed count peaked in the same years, up to 2001.
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