UK vehicle statistics / Volvo

How many Volvo Ex30 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 21,706 licensed and 348 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Volvo Ex30 generic-model group.

Looking at a Ex30?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

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Is the Ex30 disappearing?

21,706 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Ex30 is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. A further 348 are declared SORN — 1 in 63 of the 22,054 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 Q121,706348
2025 Q419,744199
2025 Q316,855118
2025 Q213,89673
2025 Q111,785104
2024 Q49,589190
2024 Q37,56231
2024 Q24,48112
2024 Q11,8410
2023 Q480
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.