UK vehicle statistics / Polestar

How many Polestar 2 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 36,153 licensed and 428 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Polestar 2 generic-model group.

Looking at a 2?

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Wondering whether one particular 2 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the 2 disappearing?

36,153 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the 2 is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 1977% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 428 are declared SORN — 1 in 85 of the 36,581 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Fuel and when it shows up in the statistics

DfT codes every vehicle in the Polestar 2 generic-model group as battery-electric.

Polestar 2 first appears in the published DfT series in 2020 Q3. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q136,153428
2025 Q434,687305
2025 Q334,288302
2025 Q232,892192
2025 Q131,180142
2024 Q429,943125
2024 Q329,52662
2024 Q227,00548
2024 Q125,401115
2023 Q424,176191
2023 Q321,910202
2023 Q218,754190
2023 Q115,65913
2022 Q412,1437
2022 Q38,7755
2022 Q27,7325
2022 Q16,3416
2021 Q44,9175
2021 Q33,2434
2021 Q22,4531
2021 Q11,7411
2020 Q48340
2020 Q32470
2020 Q200
2020 Q100
2019 Q400
2019 Q300
2019 Q200
2019 Q100
2018 Q400
2018 Q300
2018 Q200
2018 Q100
2017 Q400
2017 Q300
2017 Q200
2017 Q100
2016 Q400
2016 Q300
2016 Q200
2016 Q100
2015 Q400
2015 Q300
2015 Q200
2015 Q100
2014 Q400
2014 Q300

Other Polestar models

See how many of every Polestar model are left

Common questions

How many Polestar 2 cars are left in the UK?

36,153 were licensed and 428 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Polestar 2 cars are SORN?

428 are declared SORN — 1 in 85 of the 36,581 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the 2 disappearing?

36,153 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the 2 is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 1977% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 428 are declared SORN — 1 in 85 of the 36,581 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

What fuel is the 2 coded as?

DfT codes every vehicle in the Polestar 2 generic-model group as battery-electric.

When does the 2 appear in the UK statistics?

Polestar 2 first appears in the published DfT series in 2020 Q3. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Does this say whether one 2 is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its own free MOT, tax and mileage record.

Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.