How many Volvo 740s are left?
576 are on the road in Great Britain and 1,756 are declared off the road. A thousand or fewer on the road.
Looking at one? Check its own record:
Registered as cars
576
on the road in Great Britain
plus 1,756 declared off the road
Rare
- Most on the road
- 93,716, when records start (the end of 1994)
- Still on the road
- 1% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- Down 38% (933 to 576)
Registered as vans
0
on the road in Great Britain
plus 1 declared off the road
None on the road
- Most on the road
- 10, when records start (the end of 1994)
- Still on the road
- 0% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- 0 now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 740 GL | 156 | 459 | 25,400 (1994) |
| 740 GLE | 82 | 258 | 13,899 (1994) |
| 740 GLE Auto | 93 | 257 | 13,745 (1994) |
| 740 GL Auto | 57 | 147 | 8,957 (1994) |
| 740 SE | 38 | 137 | 6,460 (1994) |
| 740 GL S/R | 17 | 53 | 4,081 (1994) |
| 740 SE Auto | 16 | 72 | 3,749 (1994) |
| 740 GL S/R Auto | 22 | 42 | 2,886 (1994) |
| 740 | 29 | 54 | 2,466 (1996) |
| 740 Turbo | 13 | 65 | 2,216 (1994) |
| 740 GLT | 7 | 27 | 2,130 (1994) |
| 740 Turbo Diesel | 11 | 86 | 1,723 (1994) |
| 740 GLT Auto | 10 | 19 | 1,687 (1994) |
| 740 Turbo Auto | 8 | 21 | 1,242 (1994) |
| 740 Turbo Diesel Auto | 3 | 20 | 712 (1994) |
| 740 Auto | 6 | 20 | 688 (1994) |
| 740 GLE S/R Auto | 1 | 2 | 572 (1994) |
| 740 GLE S/R | 0 | 3 | 525 (1994) |
| 740 Turbo Diesel S/R | 0 | 7 | 218 (1994) |
| 740 Turbo Dies S/R Auto | 1 | 4 | 199 (1994) |
| 740 S/R | 5 | 3 | 133 (1995) |
| 740 S/R Auto | 1 | 0 | 70 (1995) |
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.