Volvo 740

Car Sedan 🕰️ Classic

1 production run · 8 variants · 7 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volvo 740 on record.

Netherlands: 1984–1994; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 1984–2026; 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 · 8 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/740/full

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1984	29
1985	117
1986	274
1987	90
1988	53
1989	32
1990	28
1991	10
1992	3
1994	1

Finland
1984	11
1985	33
1986	60
1987	92
1988	192
1989	231
1990	209
1991	116
1992	58
1993	1
1994	1
1998	1
1999	2
2000	1
2001	1
2003	1
2005	1
2006	1
2007	1
2008	4
2009	4
2010	2
2011	3
2012	2
2014	2
2015	3
2016	3
2017	2
2018	1
2019	3
2020	3
2021	5
2022	2
2023	3
2024	9
2025	4
2026	4

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

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{
  "id": "car/volvo/740",
  "name": "740",
  "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": 4,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/volvo/740-gl",
    "car/volvo/740-gle",
    "car/volvo/740-glt",
    "car/volvo/740-turbo",
    "car/volvo/740-wagon",
    "car/volvo/740gl",
    "car/volvo/740gle",
    "car/volvo/744",
    "car/volvo/745",
    "car/volvo/745-turbo"
  ],
  "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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