VOLVO · VOLVO XC90 · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 100,543 VOLVO XC90s remain registered in the UK — still a familiar sight on today's roads. Numbers are at their highest recorded level since the model first appeared in our data in 2014 Q3. Unusually, the numbers are actually rising — up 4,858 (5.1%) over the past year, as imports and barn-finds rejoin the register faster than cars leave it.
Common — still a familiar sight, with 100,543 on the road.
Rarer than 4% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
The Volvo XC90 is a mid-size luxury SUV manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars since 2002 and in its second generation. The first generation was introduced at the 2002 North American International Auto Show and used the Volvo P2 platform shared with the first generation Volvo S80 and other large Volvo cars. It was manufactured at Volvo's Torslandaverken in Sweden. Volvo moved production equipment of the first generation to China and ended Swedish production at the end of 2014, renaming the car as the Volvo XC Classic (or Volvo XC90 Classic). At the end of 2014, the second generation XC90 was introduced...
As of 2025 Q4, 100,543 VOLVO XC90 were still registered in the UK — 93,504 licensed and on the road, plus 7,039 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The VOLVO XC90 is common, with 100,543 still on the road, making it rarer than 4% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of VOLVO XC90 on UK roads rose by 4,858 (5.1%).
Most VOLVO XC90 run on diesel — about 50% of those still registered, with the rest split across plug-in hybrid, hybrid, petrol, gas (lpg).
The VOLVO XC90 peaked at 100,543 registered in 2025 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.