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VDL Futura

Bus

4 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the VDL Futura on record.

Netherlands
2009–2026
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2014–2026
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands Norway Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

4 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/bus/vdl/futura/full

Registration history

2009: 1 vehicle 2010: 1 vehicle 2013: 1 vehicle 2014: 16 vehicles 2015: 27 vehicles 2016: 66 vehicles 2017: 71 vehicles 71 2018: 61 vehicles 2019: 60 vehicles 2020: 12 vehicles 2021: 30 vehicles 2022: 23 vehicles 2023: 7 vehicles 2024: 24 vehicles 2025: 10 vehicles 2026: 11 vehicles 2009 2026
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2014: 2 vehicles 2015: 3 vehicles 2017: 4 vehicles 2018: 4 vehicles 2019: 4 vehicles 2020: 7 vehicles 2021: 2 vehicles 2022: 5 vehicles 2023: 9 vehicles 2024: 13 vehicles 13 2025: 12 vehicles 2026: 12 vehicles 2014 2026
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
2009 1
2010 1
2013 1
2014 16
2015 27
2016 66
2017 71
2018 61
2019 60
2020 12
2021 30
2022 23
2023 7
2024 24
2025 10
2026 11
Finland
2014 2
2015 3
2017 4
2018 4
2019 4
2020 7
2021 2
2022 5
2023 9
2024 13
2025 12
2026 12

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

Try the API

The VDL Futura as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

GET /api/v1/vehicles/bus/vdl/futura/full

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GET …/bus/vdl/futura/full free plan response 

{
  "id": "bus/vdl/futura",
  "name": "Futura",
  "make": {
    "id": "vdl",
    "name": "VDL"
  },
  "kind": "bus",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "ua"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 1,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "bus/vdl/vutura"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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