How many Volvo 850s are left?
1,264 are on the road in Great Britain and 2,274 are declared off the road. Fewer than ten thousand on the road.
Looking at one? Check its own record:
1,264
on the road in Great Britain
plus 2,274 declared off the road
Uncommon
- Most on the road
- 43,718, the end of 1999
- Still on the road
- 3% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- Down 40% (2,118 to 1,264)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 850 SE | 98 | 195 | 6,670 (2000) |
| 850 GLT | 81 | 210 | 6,247 (1999) |
| 850 GLT Auto | 104 | 203 | 6,220 (1999) |
| 850 SE Auto | 95 | 115 | 4,362 (1999) |
| 850 | 120 | 175 | 4,039 (2000) |
| 850 S | 53 | 99 | 2,185 (1999) |
| 850 S Auto | 49 | 79 | 1,874 (1998) |
| 850 Auto | 47 | 74 | 1,766 (1997) |
| 850 CD Auto | 55 | 59 | 1,022 (2002) |
| 850 T5 GLT | 49 | 93 | 878 (1997) |
| 850 T5 GLT Auto | 33 | 71 | 868 (1997) |
| 850 GLE Auto | 25 | 36 | 826 (1996) |
| 850 T5 CD Auto | 53 | 57 | 673 (2001) |
| 850 T-5 | 28 | 53 | 628 (1997) |
| 850 Turbo Auto | 9 | 23 | 606 (1995) |
| 850 Turbo | 5 | 33 | 527 (1995) |
| 850 GLE | 12 | 22 | 432 (2000) |
| 850 CD | 15 | 38 | 426 (2001) |
| 850 TDI GLT | 17 | 47 | 402 (1998) |
| 850 TDI | 15 | 37 | 359 (2000) |
| 850 T-5 Auto | 12 | 24 | 344 (1997) |
| 850 T5 CD | 27 | 34 | 309 (2000) |
| 850 R Auto | 56 | 85 | 241 (1998) |
| 850 T5 GLE | 5 | 17 | 236 (1999) |
| 850 LPT AWD | 4 | 24 | 225 (2004) |
| 850 R | 59 | 108 | 189 (2000) |
| 850 TDI SE | 6 | 20 | 168 (1997) |
| 850 T5R Auto | 33 | 45 | 149 (1997) |
| 850 T5R | 28 | 57 | 142 (1996) |
| 850 T5 GLE Auto | 4 | 11 | 141 (1999) |
| 850 TDI CD | 6 | 20 | 136 (2004) |
| 850 T5 SE | 7 | 13 | 130 (2002) |
| 850 TDI S | 3 | 14 | 129 (1998) |
| 850 T5 S | 5 | 18 | 103 (1997) |
| 850 GLT TDI Auto | 6 | 9 | 84 (1999) |
| 850 T5 SE Auto | 6 | 5 | 82 (2000) |
| 850 CD TDI Auto | 2 | 10 | 66 (1997) |
| 850 T5-R | 23 | 20 | 53 (2001) |
| 850 SE TDI Auto | 1 | 3 | 51 (1999) |
| 850 T5-R Auto | 6 | 12 | 40 (1999) |
| 850 T5 S Auto | 0 | 0 | 35 (2002) |
| 850 TDI Auto | 1 | 2 | 27 (2001) |
| 850 S TDI Auto | 1 | 4 | 26 (1997) |
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.