Volvo 240

Car Sedan ⭐ Popular pick 🕰️ Classic

1 production run · 22 variants · 7 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volvo 240 on record.

Netherlands: 1974–1994; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 1975–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 20% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Australia Finland Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom 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 & variants

1 production run · 22 variants · 7 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/volvo/240/full

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1974	23
1975	94
1976	93
1977	126
1978	174
1979	257
1980	160
1981	168
1982	143
1983	183
1984	173
1985	94
1986	171
1987	71
1988	34
1989	41
1990	67
1991	63
1992	41
1993	32
1994	2

Finland
1975	10
1976	16
1977	27
1978	31
1979	47
1980	50
1981	53
1982	75
1983	67
1984	52
1985	78
1986	117
1987	168
1988	263
1989	236
1990	212
1991	112
1992	70
1993	53
1994	2
2004	1
2006	1
2007	1
2008	1
2009	6
2010	3
2011	3
2012	2
2013	4
2014	1
2015	4
2016	1
2018	2
2019	2
2020	2
2021	5
2022	3
2023	5
2024	6
2025	5
2026	2

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

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The Volvo 240 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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{
  "id": "car/volvo/240",
  "name": "240",
  "make": {
    "id": "volvo",
    "name": "Volvo"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ch",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "ua",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "na",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 3,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/volvo/240-dl",
    "car/volvo/240-gl",
    "car/volvo/240-gl-auto",
    "car/volvo/240-gl-se",
    "car/volvo/240-gle",
    "car/volvo/240-glt",
    "car/volvo/240-se",
    "car/volvo/240dl",
    "car/volvo/240gl",
    "car/volvo/240glt",
    "car/volvo/242",
    "car/volvo/242-dl",
    "car/volvo/242-gt",
    "car/volvo/242l",
    "car/volvo/244",
    "car/volvo/244-883-gl",
    "car/volvo/244-dl",
    "car/volvo/244-gl",
    "car/volvo/244-gle",
    "car/volvo/244-glt",
    "car/volvo/244-l",
    "car/volvo/244-turbo",
    "car/volvo/244dl",
    "car/volvo/244gl",
    "car/volvo/244gle",
    "car/volvo/245",
    "car/volvo/245-833-gl",
    "car/volvo/245-dl",
    "car/volvo/245-gl",
    "car/volvo/245-turbo",
    "car/volvo/245dl",
    "car/volvo/245gl",
    "car/volvo/245gle"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": "classic",
  "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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