Volkswagen 1600

Car Convertible Discontinued

2 production runs ยท 5 variants ยท 2 registers with powertrain counts ยท 1 source

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volkswagen 1600 on record.

Netherlands
1958โ€“2004
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2013โ€“2020
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 30% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands New Zealand Norway United Kingdom

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

Production history, variants & sources

2 production runs ยท 5 variants ยท 2 registers with powertrain counts ยท 1 source

Researched from Wikipedia, with the sources listed.

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Registration history

1958: 1 vehicle 1965: 1 vehicle 1966: 3 vehicles 1967: 5 vehicles 1968: 5 vehicles 1969: 3 vehicles 1970: 3 vehicles 1971: 6 vehicles 1972: 8 vehicles 8 1973: 5 vehicles 1974: 1 vehicle 1975: 2 vehicles 1977: 1 vehicle 1979: 1 vehicle 2003: 1 vehicle 2004: 1 vehicle 1958 2004
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2013: 1 vehicle 1 2014: 1 vehicle 2015: 1 vehicle 2020: 1 vehicle 2013 2020
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1958 1
1965 1
1966 3
1967 5
1968 5
1969 3
1970 3
1971 6
1972 8
1973 5
1974 1
1975 2
1977 1
1979 1
2003 1
2004 1
Finland
2013 1
2014 1
2015 1
2020 1

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

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{
  "id": "car/volkswagen/1600",
  "name": "1600",
  "make": {
    "id": "volkswagen",
    "name": "Volkswagen"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "convertible",
  "availability": [
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": "discontinued",
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
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  "attribution": {
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    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit โ€” see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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