How many Volkswagen UPs are left?
129,063 are on the road in Great Britain and 1,654 are declared off the road. More than ten thousand on the road.
Looking at one? Check its own record:
129,063
on the road in Great Britain
plus 1,654 declared off the road
Common
- Most on the road
- 129,104, the end of 2025
- Still on the road
- 100% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- Up 7% (121,137 to 129,063)
Every version, as the DVLA records it
The model name on the logbook. Some are the same car recorded in slightly different ways, and a few are typing mistakes.
| Version | On the road | Off the road | Most there were |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move UP | 51,502 | 559 | 52,425 (2021) |
| High UP | 16,774 | 188 | 16,993 (2019) |
| Take UP | 11,205 | 264 | 11,953 (2019) |
| Move UP Bluemotion Technology | 5,873 | 84 | 6,096 (2019) |
| UP GTI | 5,138 | 53 | 5,181 (2025) |
| UP BY Beats | 4,540 | 50 | 4,616 (2021) |
| UP | 4,560 | 132 | 4,560 (2026) |
| Move UP Auto | 3,766 | 64 | 3,838 (2019) |
| E-UP | 3,048 | 22 | 3,065 (2024) |
| High UP Bluemotion Technology | 2,685 | 25 | 2,786 (2019) |
| High UP Auto | 2,568 | 31 | 2,568 (2026) |
| High UP TSI | 2,184 | 16 | 2,226 (2019) |
| UP Black Edition | 2,056 | 15 | 2,092 (2024) |
| Groove UP | 1,411 | 20 | 1,466 (2015) |
| Club UP | 1,366 | 18 | 1,430 (2017) |
| Look UP | 1,161 | 9 | 1,205 (2017) |
| UP Black | 1,057 | 17 | 1,123 (2014) |
| UP White | 997 | 17 | 1,049 (2014) |
| UP R-Line | 968 | 6 | 985 (2025) |
| Move UP Tech Edition | 932 | 5 | 958 (2019) |
| Rock UP | 851 | 11 | 882 (2016) |
| High UP TSI BMT | 768 | 3 | 781 (2019) |
| Street UP | 707 | 13 | 728 (2019) |
| High UP BMT Auto | 593 | 9 | 593 (2026) |
| Move UP BMT A | 505 | 5 | 521 (2019) |
| UP Beats | 496 | 1 | 503 (2024) |
| UP BY Beats TSI BMT | 353 | 5 | 365 (2022) |
| UP BY Beats BMT | 311 | 6 | 321 (2021) |
| UP BY Beats Auto | 202 | 1 | 207 (2021) |
| UP White Edition | 197 | 5 | 197 (2026) |
| UP BY Beats TSI | 176 | 0 | 176 (2020) |
| UP BY Beats BMT A | 58 | 0 | 58 (2026) |
| Take UP Bluemotion Technology | 55 | 0 | 57 (2019) |
What the numbers mean
- On the road means licensed: taxed, or exempt from tax, at the end of June 2026.
- Off the road means declared SORN: still registered but not used on public roads, often stored, being restored or waiting to be sold.
- Counts are for Great Britain and come from the DVLA. Records start in 1994, so older cars may have been more common before then.
Buying one?
Rare or not, check the one in front of you: its MOT history, mileage and tax are free, and the full check adds finance, write-off and theft.
Source: Department for Transport and DVLA vehicle licensing statistics for Great Britain, table VEH0120, to the end of June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.