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Volkswagen, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

3,760,250 Volkswagens are licensed in the UK, the 2nd most of any make. In 2025 they passed 73.1% of initial MOT tests, 0.8 points above the 72.3% UK average and 34th of 63 makes.

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What Carpeep finds on Volkswagens

Based on 144 Volkswagens checked by Carpeep since November 2025, each vehicle counted once.

  • 22% Outstanding finance 31 of 144 checked
  • 12% Insurance write-off 17 of 144 checked
  • 4.9% Mileage discrepancy 7 of 143 checked

35% had three or more previous keepers, with a median of 2. 41% had a number plate change recorded, often a private plate transfer rather than a warning sign. Fewer than 5 were recorded as imported and fewer than 5 as exported. None had a theft on record. None were recorded as scrapped.

Each rate counts only the Volkswagens whose check returned an answer for that record. These rates describe the Volkswagens Carpeep customers chose to check, mostly cars they were thinking of buying, not every Volkswagen for sale or on the road.

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Volkswagen models

31 models, most common on UK roads first. The Golf is the most common; among models with 10,000 or more MOT tests, the T-Roc has the highest pass rate at 90.8% and the Fox the lowest at 50.7%.

  1. Golf 952,923 licensed in the UK 75.1% Golf MOT pass rate 11.7 years
  2. Polo 685,307 licensed in the UK 67.4% Polo MOT pass rate 11.3 years
  3. Transporter 360,185 licensed in the UK 68.3% Transporter MOT pass rate 13.3 years
  4. Tiguan 358,835 licensed in the UK 81.4% Tiguan MOT pass rate 7.9 years
  5. T-Roc 175,359 licensed in the UK 90.8% T-Roc MOT pass rate 4.9 years
  6. Passat 171,812 licensed in the UK 71.5% Passat MOT pass rate 11.9 years
  7. Caddy 164,465 licensed in the UK 68.4% Caddy MOT pass rate 10.8 years
  8. Up 131,632 licensed in the UK 79.7% Up MOT pass rate 9.4 years
  9. Crafter 94,411 licensed in the UK 71.6% Crafter MOT pass rate 10.3 years
  10. Touran 61,883 licensed in the UK 67.9% Touran MOT pass rate 12.7 years
  11. T-Cross 58,579 licensed in the UK 88.7% T-Cross MOT pass rate 4.4 years
  12. ID3 55,453 licensed in the UK 89% ID3 MOT pass rate 3.7 years
  13. Scirocco 43,708 licensed in the UK 68.4% Scirocco MOT pass rate 12.4 years
  14. Beetle 42,612 licensed in the UK 59.1% Beetle MOT pass rate 16.1 years
  15. Touareg 41,845 licensed in the UK 77.3% Touareg MOT pass rate 10.6 years
  16. ID4 40,864 licensed in the UK 87.9% ID4 MOT pass rate 3.3 years
  17. Taigo 31,459 licensed in the UK 88.8% Taigo MOT pass rate 3 years
  18. Amarok 29,690 licensed in the UK 75.4% Amarok MOT pass rate 8.8 years
  19. Sharan 28,270 licensed in the UK 75.7% Sharan MOT pass rate 9.7 years
  20. Fox Not shown 50.7% Fox MOT pass rate 16.3 years
  21. California 16,073 licensed in the UK 82% California MOT pass rate 8.1 years
  22. Caravelle 14,868 licensed in the UK 65.1% Caravelle MOT pass rate 17.6 years
  23. CC 13,725 licensed in the UK 71.5% CC MOT pass rate 11.1 years
  24. Jetta 13,113 licensed in the UK 64.9% Jetta MOT pass rate 14.5 years
  25. ID5 12,578 licensed in the UK 88.5% ID5 MOT pass rate 2.9 years
  26. Arteon 11,832 licensed in the UK 86.6% Arteon MOT pass rate 5.2 years
  27. Eos 9,296 licensed in the UK 63.3% Eos MOT pass rate 15.9 years
  28. Multivan 6,569 licensed in the UK 87.3% Multivan MOT pass rate 4.9 years
  29. LT 4,587 licensed in the UK 55.1% LT MOT pass rate 24 years
  30. Lupo 4,059 licensed in the UK 59.8% Lupo MOT pass rate 22.8 years
  31. Bora 3,825 licensed in the UK 60.7% Bora MOT pass rate 21.8 years

Licensed vehicles from DfT statistics, June 2026. Models without a comparable DfT figure are placed by their MOT tests. Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Volkswagen at the MOT

73.1% of 3,098,949 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Volkswagen 34th of 63 makes. The rate falls by 25.9 points between the youngest and oldest cars, so compare a model with others of a similar age.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Volkswagen73.1%
  • All cars72.3%

Model pass rates partly reflect age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, which fail more often. Compare MOT pass rates for every make.

Pass rate by age at test

Every Volkswagen tested in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years506,340 tests87.5%
  • 6 to 10 years1,089,473 tests78.9%
  • 11 years and over1,377,029 tests61.6%

Volkswagens in the UK

3,760,250 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 27% since the end of 2014. The Golf, Polo and Transporter account for 53% of them.

Change since 2014
+27%from 2,960,105 licensed
Typical year of first use
2016half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2016 or earlier
First registered in 2025
222,447against 270,389 in 2015
Declared off the road
410,2599.8% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Volkswagens since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20142,960,105
End of 20153,076,930
End of 20163,190,988
End of 20173,262,951
End of 20183,340,721
End of 20193,412,568
End of 20203,433,443
End of 20213,485,073
End of 20223,525,049
End of 20233,577,500
End of 20243,637,312
End of 20253,716,521
End of June 20263,760,250

How old they are

Licensed Volkswagens by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year

A further 224,774 were first used before 2006.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2025207,341222,447
2024197,859210,617
2023189,339202,847
2022149,711164,163
2021171,395184,804
2020170,253182,844
2019227,485245,825
2018226,981247,407
2017228,262252,475
2016226,718255,808
2015234,864270,389
2014218,108
2013190,375
2012165,777
2011149,412
2010131,335
2009105,252
200895,780
200786,519
200662,404

Volkswagen head-to-head comparisons

Popular rivals compared on the same 2025 DVSA data.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.