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Volkswagen Passat GL

Car Hatchback

2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

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

Netherlands
1980–1996
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2013
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

Finland Netherlands Norway

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

Powertrains on record

2 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/passat-gl/full

Registration history

1980: 1 vehicle 1981: 3 vehicles 1982: 3 vehicles 1983: 7 vehicles 1984: 2 vehicles 1985: 6 vehicles 1986: 8 vehicles 1987: 8 vehicles 1988: 6 vehicles 1989: 9 vehicles 1990: 12 vehicles 1991: 23 vehicles 23 1992: 16 vehicles 1993: 6 vehicles 1994: 9 vehicles 1995: 17 vehicles 1996: 3 vehicles 1980 1996
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2013: 1 vehicle 1 2013 2013
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1980 1
1981 3
1982 3
1983 7
1984 2
1985 6
1986 8
1987 8
1988 6
1989 9
1990 12
1991 23
1992 16
1993 6
1994 9
1995 17
1996 3
Finland
2013 1

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

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The Volkswagen Passat GL as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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GET …/car/volkswagen/passat-gl/full free plan response 

{
  "id": "car/volkswagen/passat-gl",
  "name": "Passat GL",
  "make": {
    "id": "volkswagen",
    "name": "Volkswagen"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
    "fi",
    "nl",
    "no"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 6,
    "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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