5,737 on UK roads in 2025-748 vs 2024
On the road
5,737
5,737 licensed
Change vs 2024
-11.5%
-748 cars
New in 2025
1
first-time registrations
Electrified
0%
hybrid, plug-in & battery
The Volvo C70 has a steady presence on UK roads, with 5,737 licensed in 2025 - down 11.5% on 2024. 1 was registered new in 2025. The fleet is overwhelmingly diesel (51%), with most in the 2.0-3.0L class. Most date from the 2005-2009 era.
Licensed Volvo C70 cars on the road over time
First-time registrations per year
Fuel, engine size and age across every Volvo C70 on the road today.
Current split
Engine size
Cars on the road by engine capacity
How old are they?
Share of cars by the year they were first registered
How a Volvo C70 holds up at its MOT and how it's driven - from 8,881 tests, tracked across 2022-2025.
Average for its class
65.9%
8,881 MOT tests in 2025 · 6,839 first-time
Pass rate over time
2022
66.6%
2023
64.9%
2024
64.8%
2025
65.9%
▼ 0.7 pts since 2022
First-time pass rate by the car's age (tested in 2025)
How a Volvo C70 is driven
tracked across 2022-25miles a year, from 8,680 cars tracked across years
70.1%
low · <5k
28.7%
avg · 5-15k
1.2%
high · 15k+
Most cover 1,575-5,521 miles a year (median 3,261).
Yearly mileage as the car ages
Driven most when newer, easing as it gets older.
Mileage & condition
Odometer when tested (2025)
Typical odometer rising: 92,998 → 94,910 → 96,162 → 96,986
Pass rate as the odometer climbs
First-time pass rate by fuel
Not enough data.
A 2025 Volvo C70 passes first time 65.9% of the time - below the 77.6% UK average, and easing slightly year on year. The typical one is driven about 4,009 miles a year, and reliability is mostly about miles: 82.4% of low-mileage cars pass versus 60.5% past 120k.
Of 2,332 first-time fails, here's what gets flagged most. Most cars fail on more than one item, so shares add up past 100%.
Share of failed tests, by area
Exact items most often recorded as the reason a car failed
Before you buy a specific Volvo C70, run its registration through AnalyzeMyCar for MOT history, mileage checks, service history and valuation.
