UK vehicle statistics / Volvo

How many Volvo Ec40 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 715 licensed and 16 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Volvo Ec40 generic-model group.

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Is the Ec40 disappearing?

715 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Ec40 is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. A further 16 are declared SORN — 1 in 46 of the 731 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.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q171516
2025 Q459316
2025 Q351418
2025 Q242510
2025 Q133211
2024 Q41680
2024 Q3650
2024 Q2120
2024 Q100
2023 Q400
2023 Q300
2023 Q200

Other Volvo models

  • Xc40 — 178,819 licensed
  • Xc60 — 154,061 licensed
  • Xc90 — 94,388 licensed
  • V40 — 94,070 licensed
  • V70 — 34,181 licensed
  • V60 — 43,006 licensed

See how many of every Volvo model are left

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.