Car statistics
Volkswagen Passat W8 statistics
How many Volkswagen Passat W8s are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the W8 compares with other versions of the Volkswagen Passat. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 33 −17.5% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 90 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 47.3% Other Volkswagen Passat versions 14.4%
- Peak year 2005 216 licensed
- Share of Volkswagen Passats 0.1% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 73.2% of those still registered are SORN
How many Volkswagen Passat W8s are left in Great Britain?
There were 33 Volkswagen Passat W8s licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 90 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 84.7% lower than its peak of 216 in 2005. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 73.2% of those still registered are off the road.
Volkswagen Passat W8s licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 149 | – |
| 2003 | 208 | – |
| 2004 | 216 | – |
| 2005 | 216 | – |
| 2006 | 212 | – |
| 2007 | 214 | 2 |
| 2008 | 205 | 1 |
| 2009 | 186 | 7 |
| 2010 | 178 | 8 |
| 2011 | 161 | 15 |
| 2012 | 146 | 16 |
| 2013 | 130 | 24 |
| 2014 | 111 | 23 |
| 2015 | 107 | 27 |
| 2016 | 100 | 36 |
| 2017 | 85 | 45 |
| 2018 | 74 | 57 |
| 2019 | 76 | 62 |
| 2020 | 70 | 61 |
| 2021 | 57 | 73 |
| 2022 | 57 | 75 |
| 2023 | 45 | 83 |
| 2024 | 45 | 78 |
| 2025 | 31 | 91 |
| 2026 | 33 | 90 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
How many Volkswagen Passat W8s have survived?
47.3% of the Volkswagen Passat W8s first registered since 2001 are still registered, licensed or SORN. For other versions of the Volkswagen Passat first registered in the same years, the figure is 14.4%, so Volkswagen Passat W8s are 3.3 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 5 other versions of the Volkswagen Passat first registered in the same years.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Volkswagen Passat W8 | 47.3% |
| Other Volkswagen Passat versions of the same age | 14.4% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Volkswagen Passat W8 registrations over time
Registrations of Volkswagen Passat W8s for the first time in Great Britain peaked at 175 in 2002. In 2025, 0 were registered.
Registered for the first time, by year
| Year | First registrations |
|---|---|
| ’02 | 175 |
| ’03 | 51 |
| ’04 | 15 |
| ’05 | 6 |
| ’06 | 1 |
| ’07 | 1 |
| ’08 | 1 |
| ’09 | 1 |
| ’10 | 0 |
| ’11 | 0 |
| ’12 | 0 |
| ’13 | 0 |
| ’14 | 1 |
| ’15 | 0 |
| ’16 | 0 |
| ’17 | 2 |
| ’18 | 2 |
| ’19 | 4 |
| ’20 | 0 |
| ’21 | 0 |
| ’22 | 0 |
| ’23 | 0 |
| ’24 | 0 |
| ’25 | 0 |
Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated
Other versions of the Volkswagen Passat
Versions of the Volkswagen Passat with their own page. The Volkswagen Passat page covers all 162,927 licensed, whatever the version.
| Version | Licensed | SORN | Still registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Passat R36 | 101 | 36 | 75.7% |
| Volkswagen Passat W8 | 33 | 90 | 47.3% |
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of March 2026 | 123 Volkswagen Passat W8 records (licensed and SORN) | 15 September 2026 |
| Registered for the first time | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | 2001 to 2025 | – | 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 “PASSAT W8 4MOTION TIPTRONIC”, “PASSAT W8 4MOTION”. 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 number first registered since 2001. Other versions are those of the same model with the same average year of first registration.
- First registrations count vehicles registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
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