Volkswagen Speedster

Convertible, on the road from 1958 to 1974.

💎 Rare find 2 registers with powertrain counts

1958–1974
Registered: 3 countries
On the road in: Top 50%
Worldwide popularity: #1160
in Luxembourg

Popular in

Rank in each official register

#1160

#1316

#1469

🇱🇺lu 🇦🇺au 🇳🇱nl

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Canonical id car/volkswagen/speedster · dataset 2026.11.9, CC-BY 4.0, from real registration and fleet counts.

On the record

Where the Volkswagen Speedster is on the road, and since when, from each country's official register.

Where it's been spotted

Australia #1316 Luxembourg #1160 Netherlands #1469

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register, with the model's rank there where the register counts it. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volkswagen Speedster on record. A last year of 2026 is the newest year in the data, not the year the model ended.

Netherlands: 1955–1978; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

From official registers, as of 2026.11.9. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

Powertrains on record

2 registers with powertrain counts

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

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{
  "id": "car/volkswagen/speedster",
  "name": "Speedster",
  "make": {
    "id": "volkswagen",
    "name": "Volkswagen"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "convertible",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "lu",
    "nl"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 8,
    "mass_decile": 5,
    "rarity": "rare"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "registration_years": {
    "first": 1958,
    "last": 1974
  },
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.11.9",
  "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": "2026.11.9"
  }
}

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One row of vehicles.csv

The open dataset (release 2026.11.9, CC-BY 4.0) holds the Volkswagen Speedster as this row. Free with an account: download it, store it, show it, with a credit line.

kind: car
make_slug: volkswagen
make_name: Volkswagen
model_slug: speedster
model_name: Speedster
body_types: convertible
countries: au|lu|nl
regions: eu|oc
global_popularity_decile: 8
mass_popularity_decile: 5
aliases: ∅
former_ids: ∅