1970
Busiest manufacture year
About 17 still registered — about 14% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Volvo P1800
121
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
13 manufacture years from 1962 to 1976. Year of manufacture as recorded on the registry — not model year or compliance plate.
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
1970
Busiest manufacture year
About 17 still registered — about 14% of this model’s total.
1972
Rarest for its year
About 11 still registered. Rarer than 99% of other 1972 vehicles still registered.
13
Build years still on the road
From 1962 to 1976, as at 31 Jan 2025.
QLD
Most registered in
About 48 registered there. State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
Each row is a year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Open a year for history, state split, and rarity.
| Year | Still registered | Share of model | Rarity for its year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | About 3 | 2.5% | Not ranked |
| 1963 | About 5 | 4.1% | Not ranked |
| 1964 | About 9 | 7.4% | Not ranked |
| 1965 | About 15 | 12% | Rarer than 96% of other 1965 vehicles still registered |
| 1966 | About 15 | 12% | Rarer than 98% of other 1966 vehicles still registered |
| 1967 | About 4 | 3.3% | Not ranked |
| 1968 | About 7 | 5.8% | Not ranked |
| 1969 | About 6 | 5.0% | Not ranked |
| 1970 | About 17 | 14% | Rarer than 96% of other 1970 vehicles still registered |
| 1971 | About 16 | 13% | Rarer than 98% of other 1971 vehicles still registered |
| 1972 | About 11 | 9.1% | Rarer than 99% of other 1972 vehicles still registered |
| 1973 | About 10 | 8.3% | Not ranked |
| 1976 | About 3 | 2.5% | Not ranked |
Years that aren’t listed have fewer than 3 still registered, so BITRE doesn’t publish a count.
About 116,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Volvo P1800.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Volvo P1800 vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
About the same since 2021
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BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 118 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 124 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 120 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 115 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 121 |
By year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
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| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 29 |
| VIC | About 19 |
| QLD | About 48 |
| WA | Not published |
| SA | About 14 |
| TAS | About 3 |
| ACT | About 3 |
| NT | Not published |
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Based on BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2021–2025 (CC BY 3.0 AU; the January 2024 release is CC BY 2.5 AU). Colour: Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Whole Fleet Vehicle Registration Snapshot by Model, Q4 2024 (CC BY 4.0). Oz rare cars is not affiliated with or endorsed by BITRE, the Australian Government or the Victorian Government. Registration counts are not sales, not a valuation, and not advice. Method