the cars are quite tatty too

Jaimz

There were 1.5 million more golf mk1s built than (for example) peugeot 205s

5.3 mil 205s
6.8 million mk 1 golfs

if we look at mk 2

There were 6.3 million golf Mk 2s built

This makes sense, as they were exported to the US, most french cars werent.

Almost 25 million beetles have been built - or - more than peugeots (all models) in the 1990s

Im sure there are exact stats of what cars are on the road somewhere.

I recon there are more 90s Rovers on the road than any other makes  -)

I wouldnt mind having a beetle myself, might be fun to drive one of those...

Driving an old Beetle can be described as many things, but fun isnt one of them.  Only one Ive liked driving was the custom one a mate and me did a few years back.  Used a Mk1 Golf GTi as a donor to turn it into a 1.6 Water cooled, with the Mk1 dashboard and its only 2 seat now.