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Volkswagen CC, Buying guide, MOT record and UK numbers

13,725 Volkswagen CCs are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 71.5% of initial MOT tests, 0.8 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Volkswagen CC at the MOT

71.5% of 13,378 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the CC 324th of 575 models. Volkswagen CCs aged 6 to 10 years passed 73.7% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 69.3%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Volkswagen CC71.5%
  • All Volkswagen modelsThe CC is 1.6 pts behind73.1%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Volkswagen CC tests in 2025.

  • 6 to 10 years6,584 tests73.7%
  • 11 years and over6,793 tests69.3%

Where CCs fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Volkswagen CC tests in 2025.

  • Suspension33%
  • Tyres21.2%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.6%
  • Brakes9.8%
  • Visibility6.8%

The items testers recorded most often were pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (9.6%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.8%) and coil spring fractured or broken (6.8%).

The MOT page lists every common CC MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Volkswagen CC MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The CC's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.33% of CC failure items

  2. Tyres

    Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear.21.2% of CC failure items

  3. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

    Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting.17.6% of CC failure items

Volkswagen CCs in the UK

13,725 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 5.5% since the end of 2014, and 29% from its peak of 19,257 at the end of 2016.

Change since 2014
−5.5%from 14,518 licensed
Typical year of first use
2014half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2014 or earlier
Declared off the road
1,0186.9% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Volkswagen CCs since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

Show the figures
DateLicensed
End of 201414,518
End of 201517,291
End of 201619,257
End of 201718,598
End of 201817,670
End of 201916,578
End of 202015,992
End of 202115,839
End of 202215,577
End of 202315,144
End of 202414,633
End of 202514,126
End of June 202613,725

How old they are

Licensed Volkswagen CCs by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2017241310
20161,8452,550
20152,7533,875
20143,485
20133,175
20122,540

2,753 CCs first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 71% of the 3,875 first registered that year.

CC engines and fuel

2.0 litre engines made up 99% of Volkswagen CC MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.8 litre at 1.2%. Diesel accounts for 98% of licensed CCs and petrol for 2.2%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 13,378 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 2.0 litre98.6%
  • 1.8 litre1.2%

Fuel type, licensed CCs

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol3042%
Diesel13,42198%

Other Volkswagen models

The most-tested Volkswagen models in 2025, against the CC's 71.5% MOT pass rate.

All 31 Volkswagen models

Volkswagen CC FAQs

How many Volkswagen CCs are there in the UK?

13,725 Volkswagen CCs were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 1,018 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Volkswagen CC reliable?

MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 71.5% first-time pass rate for the Volkswagen CC across 13,378 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

What should I check before buying a used Volkswagen CC?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check a Volkswagen CC's history?

Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.

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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Volkswagen history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Volkswagen VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. 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.