Volvo V40

Car Hatchback ⭐ Popular pick Discontinued

2 production runs · 8 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volvo V40 on record.

Netherlands: 1996–2020; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 1996–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Australia Finland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain 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

2 production runs · 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/v40/full

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1996	1
1997	113
1998	219
1999	266
2000	342
2001	464
2002	597
2003	1,038
2004	949
2005	123
2006	3
2008	1
2012	1,837
2013	6,046
2014	6,024
2015	6,435
2016	4,240
2017	4,655
2018	4,190
2019	4,688
2020	803

Finland
1996	13
1997	45
1998	66
1999	107
2000	174
2001	202
2002	434
2003	610
2004	770
2005	67
2006	40
2007	44
2008	20
2009	14
2010	7
2011	25
2012	681
2013	1,922
2014	1,617
2015	1,955
2016	1,854
2017	1,695
2018	1,600
2019	1,665
2020	423
2021	143
2022	66
2023	50
2024	23
2025	16
2026	11

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

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{
  "id": "car/volvo/v40",
  "name": "V40",
  "make": {
    "id": "volvo",
    "name": "Volvo"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "il",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "ua",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "as",
    "eu",
    "na",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 2,
    "mass_decile": 1,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/volvo/v-40"
  ],
  "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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