Volkswagen Routan

Car Hatchback Discontinued

1 production run ยท 5 registers with powertrain counts ยท 1 source

Years on record

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

Netherlands
2008โ€“2012
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2014โ€“2016
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 50% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Canada Finland Netherlands Norway Ukraine United States

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

Production history & sources

1 production run ยท 5 registers with powertrain counts ยท 1 source

Researched from Wikipedia, with the sources listed.

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Registration history

2008: 2 vehicles 2009: 6 vehicles 2010: 14 vehicles 14 2011: 8 vehicles 2012: 6 vehicles 2008 2012
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2014: 1 vehicle 1 2016: 1 vehicle 2014 2016
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
2008 2
2009 6
2010 14
2011 8
2012 6
Finland
2014 1
2016 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/routan",
  "name": "Routan",
  "make": {
    "id": "volkswagen",
    "name": "Volkswagen"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
    "ca",
    "fi",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "ua",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "na"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 7,
    "mass_decile": 5,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": "discontinued",
  "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 โ€” see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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