Scrap My Volkswagen up!

A city car built in Slovakia alongside the Skoda Citigo and SEAT Mii.

Every Volkswagen up! is accepted for a free valuation, whatever its age or condition — including cars that have failed an MOT, will not start or have been damaged. This page covers what affects the value of a up!, which versions meet clean air zone standards and the paperwork for scrapping one.

  • Free collection
  • Valued by a person
  • Paid on collection
  • Certificate of Destruction if scrapped

For a no obligation quote, complete the form or call

0800 002 9733 or 07766 797 352

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Volkswagen up! at a glance

Sold new in the UK2012–2023
Generations1
Body stylescity car
Fuel typespetrol and electric
Typical kerb weight920 kg – 1,260 kg

Weights are typical manufacturer figures across the versions listed. The figure for your own car is on its V5C log book as the ‘mass in service’.

up! generations and clean air zones

The oldest Volkswagen up! cars are now around 14 years old. Age matters when you are deciding whether to keep one, because older cars are the ones most likely to fall short of London's ULEZ and the clean air zones in other cities, where a non-compliant vehicle pays a daily charge.

GenerationYearspetrol ULEZelectric ULEZ
up!Built in Bratislava; e-up! electric from 2014; facelift 20162012–2023Usually compliantZero emission — compliant

Rule of thumb only: petrol cars generally meet the standard from 2006 (many from 2001), diesels from September 2015. Hybrids follow their petrol engine. Check your registration with the TfL vehicle checker, and see what to do with a non-compliant car.

What a scrap Volkswagen up! is worth

The starting point for any scrap valuation is weight: a up! weighs roughly 0.92 tonnes to 1.26 tonnes, most of it steel. On top of that, the collection company looks at which parts can be reused or sold on, the car's condition, and whether anything is missing.

To put a figure on it, enter a up!'s weight and a price per tonne in the scrap car value calculator — it fills in the typical up! weight for you.

  • Catalytic converter: it contains precious metals and is part of the value. Say if it has been removed or stolen.
  • Working parts: an engine, gearbox, panels or lights that are in demand for other up! owners can add value even when the car itself is not worth repairing.
  • Condition and completeness: missing wheels, a removed engine or heavy damage reduce the value, so describe the car accurately when you enquire.

The valuation is given ‘subject to contract’ and confirmed when the car is inspected on collection. More on how scrap value is worked out and scrap car prices.

Scrapping a electric up!

Hybrid and electric versions have a high-voltage battery that must be removed and handled by trained staff at an authorised treatment facility. Do not try to disconnect or remove it yourself. Tell us the fuel type when you enquire so the right collection company and facility are used. More in scrapping an electric or hybrid car.

Paperwork for scrapping your car

  1. Check you can scrap it. If there is finance outstanding, it must be settled first — scrapping a car on finance.
  2. Keep your number plate if you want it. A private registration has to be taken off before the car is scrapped — how to keep it.
  3. Have the V5C and ID ready. No log book? You can still scrap it.
  4. Tell DVLA. The keeper must tell DVLA the vehicle has gone to an authorised treatment facility, or risk being fined £1,000 (GOV.UK). Any full months of tax left are refunded — how to tell DVLA.
  5. Keep the Certificate of Destruction. It proves the car was scrapped — what it is.

Who does what

  • Scrap A Car For Cash (operated by Lead Stack Ltd, company number 15877625) takes your enquiry and passes it to an affiliated vehicle collection company that covers your area.
  • The collection company values the vehicle, collects it free of charge and pays you on collection, in line with the terms you agree with them.
  • If the vehicle is completely scrapped, that happens at an authorised treatment facility (ATF), which gives you a Certificate of Destruction. A vehicle that is repaired and resold instead does not get one.

More detail: how it works and our terms and conditions.

Other Volkswagen models

Volkswagen Golf1998–presentVolkswagen Polo2002–presentVolkswagen Passat1997–presentVolkswagen Transporter1990–2024Volkswagen Tiguan2007–presentVolkswagen Touran2003–presentVolkswagen Caddy2004–present

All Volkswagen models

Related guides

Scrapping guidesPaperwork, finance, missing log books, tax refunds and more.MOT failure carsRepair or scrap after a failed MOT, and collection without one.Free collectionWhat happens on collection day and what to have ready.

Get a valuation for your Volkswagen up!

Enter the registration and postcode, or call us, and the collection company covering your area will contact you with a free, no-obligation valuation for your up!.

Get a free valuationCall free: 0800 002 9733

We take enquiries from across England, Scotland and Wales — see the areas we cover.