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Volkswagen 23

Car Hatchback

3 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volkswagen 23 on record.

Netherlands
1957–1995
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 40% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Switzerland

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

Powertrains on record

3 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/car/volkswagen/23/full

Registration history

1957: 1 vehicle 1959: 2 vehicles 1960: 2 vehicles 1961: 2 vehicles 1962: 3 vehicles 1963: 5 vehicles 1964: 6 vehicles 1965: 14 vehicles 1966: 9 vehicles 1967: 13 vehicles 1968: 9 vehicles 1969: 16 vehicles 1970: 20 vehicles 1971: 28 vehicles 1972: 18 vehicles 1973: 25 vehicles 1974: 18 vehicles 1975: 22 vehicles 1976: 20 vehicles 1977: 31 vehicles 31 1978: 30 vehicles 1979: 22 vehicles 1980: 5 vehicles 1995: 1 vehicle 1957 1995
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1957 1
1959 2
1960 2
1961 2
1962 3
1963 5
1964 6
1965 14
1966 9
1967 13
1968 9
1969 16
1970 20
1971 28
1972 18
1973 25
1974 18
1975 22
1976 20
1977 31
1978 30
1979 22
1980 5
1995 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/23",
  "name": "23",
  "make": {
    "id": "volkswagen",
    "name": "Volkswagen"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 7,
    "mass_decile": 4,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "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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