Volvo 850

Car Hatchback ⭐ Popular pick Discontinued

1 production run · 10 variants · 8 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volvo 850 on record.

Netherlands: 1991–1997; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 1991–2026; 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 Canada 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 · 10 variants · 8 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/850/full

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1991	1
1992	8
1993	18
1994	167
1995	481
1996	287
1997	33

Finland
1991	4
1992	20
1993	38
1994	149
1995	300
1996	431
1997	92
1998	1
2000	2
2001	1
2003	3
2004	4
2005	2
2006	3
2007	8
2008	11
2009	7
2010	7
2011	6
2012	5
2013	1
2014	3
2015	6
2018	3
2019	1
2020	1
2021	3
2022	1
2023	5
2024	1
2026	2

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

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{
  "id": "car/volvo/850",
  "name": "850",
  "make": {
    "id": "volvo",
    "name": "Volvo"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ca",
    "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/850-automatic",
    "car/volvo/850-gle",
    "car/volvo/850-gle-se-gl",
    "car/volvo/850-glt",
    "car/volvo/850-glt-se",
    "car/volvo/850-r",
    "car/volvo/850-t-5r",
    "car/volvo/850-turbo",
    "car/volvo/850-wagon",
    "car/volvo/855"
  ],
  "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 — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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