Clean air zones
Which Volkswagen models meet the ULEZ standard?
DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 10,155,694 MOT tests · Updated
At least 56.8% of 10,155,694 Volkswagen MOT tests in 2022–2025 were on cars that meet the ULEZ standard by first-use date alone [1].
- 28 Volkswagen models with at least 1,000 MOT tests each; the most tested is the Volkswagen Golf (3,585,486 MOT tests)
- Range: from none by date alone (Volkswagen Lupo) to at least 100.0% (Volkswagen up) of tests on cars that meet it by date
- Diesel: 43.2% of Volkswagen MOT tests; a diesel generally meets Euro 6 only if first used from September 2015 [2]
- Per car: the Euro standard on the V5C decides, whatever the model
The fuel, the first-use date and the Euro standard on the V5C decide it for each car. Check the reg first.
Every Volkswagen model page
Most tested first. The share counts MOT tests on cars first used late enough to meet the standard by date alone (petrol from 2006, diesel and hybrids from 2016, electric always), so it is a lower bound: many older Volkswagen cars meet it too.
| Model | MOT tests | Main fuel | Meet it by date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Golf ULEZ | 3,585,486 | Diesel (49.4%) | at least 47.8% |
| Volkswagen Polo ULEZ | 2,505,972 | Petrol (91.8%) | at least 79.4% |
| Volkswagen Tiguan ULEZ | 901,555 | Diesel (76.4%) | at least 51.9% |
| Volkswagen Passat ULEZ | 792,147 | Diesel (90.5%) | at least 19.3% |
| Volkswagen up ULEZ | 500,778 | Petrol (99.0%) | at least 100.0% |
| Volkswagen Touran ULEZ | 302,998 | Diesel (83.4%) | at least 22.5% |
| Volkswagen T-Roc ULEZ | 260,440 | Petrol (81.5%) | at least 99.0% |
| Volkswagen Scirocco ULEZ | 190,132 | Diesel (55.7%) | at least 47.2% |
| Volkswagen Beetle ULEZ | 182,117 | Petrol (75.4%) | at least 42.8% |
| Volkswagen Touareg ULEZ | 149,354 | Diesel (97.3%) | at least 25.8% |
| Volkswagen Sharan ULEZ | 147,742 | Diesel (86.8%) | at least 41.3% |
| Volkswagen Fox ULEZ | 108,408 | Petrol (100.0%) | at least 81.4% |
| Volkswagen T-Cross ULEZ | 75,652 | Petrol (97.6%) | at least 100.0% |
| Volkswagen Caravelle ULEZ | 59,271 | Diesel (98.2%) | at least 19.9% |
| Volkswagen CC ULEZ | 56,676 | Diesel (97.6%) | at least 6.3% |
| Volkswagen Jetta ULEZ | 56,471 | Diesel (85.3%) | at least 14.0% |
| Volkswagen Eos ULEZ | 52,022 | Diesel (55.3%) | at least 33.1% |
| Volkswagen ID.3 ULEZ | 45,439 | Electric (100.0%) | all (electric) |
| Volkswagen California ULEZ | 38,765 | Diesel (100.0%) | at least 44.9% |
| Volkswagen Arteon ULEZ | 28,558 | Petrol (59.3%) | at least 95.6% |
| Volkswagen Lupo ULEZ | 25,568 | Petrol (88.8%) | none by date alone |
| Volkswagen Bora ULEZ | 24,685 | Diesel (70.9%) | none by date alone |
| Volkswagen e-Golf ULEZ | 23,713 | Electric (100.0%) | all (electric) |
| Volkswagen ID.4 ULEZ | 15,977 | Electric (100.0%) | all (electric) |
| Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace ULEZ | 13,392 | Diesel (73.7%) | at least 99.1% |
| Volkswagen Taigo ULEZ | 5,647 | Petrol (100.0%) | at least 100.0% |
| Volkswagen Phaeton ULEZ | 3,338 | Diesel (100.0%) | none by date alone |
| Volkswagen ID.5 ULEZ | 2,689 | Electric (100.0%) | all (electric) |
Compliance is decided for each car, not for a model. A zone checks the Euro emissions standard the car was built to, which is on the V5C log book or the maker’s certificate of conformity. Check one car with our ULEZ checker or TfL’s vehicle checker.
Check one car against the clean air zones
These figures are for a model or a zone as a whole. The ULEZ checker estimates one car's status from its fuel, first registration date and VCA emissions data; the zone operator's own checker has the final word. A registration also shows the car's DVSA MOT record.
- Check a Volkswagen's MOT history Every MOT test, fail item, advisory and mileage reading DVSA holds for that registration.
Sources
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 10,155,694 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
- Transport for London, ULEZ standards and charges for cars. TfL (text used as facts; see TfL terms). Accessed 22 Sep 2026.
Zone rules are read from the operators’ own pages and GOV.UK, quote-checked against a saved copy, and dated. The Euro standard by first-use date is a guide for a group of cars; a zone decides for each car. MOT figures count class 4 normal MOT tests; vans in class 4 cannot be separated from cars in the national figures.