The Frenchman emerged from an epic struggle through the Welsh forest dirt tracks with Estonia's Ford racer Otto Tanak holding a razor's edge margin of just ten seconds.
"I was watching my back the whole rally," said Ogier afterwards.
"He (Tanak) flew the whole weekend. Didn't make a mistake. I had to be perfect towin this," said Ogier, who clinched his fifth win of the season to claim a fourth straight constructors title for his German employers, having won a fourth straight world title himself two weeks ago in Catalonia.
"What I did here I did for Volkswagen, without them I wouldn't have won all this," the 32-year-old said.
Belgian Thierry Neuville of Hyundai was third, cementing his runners up spot in the season standings.
Rally of Britain final standings
1. Sebastien Ogier-Julien Ingrassia (FRA/VW Polo-R) 3hrs 14mins 30.2sec, 2. Ott Tänak-Raigo Molder (EST/Ford Fiesta RS) at 10.2sec, 3. Thierry Neuville-Nicolas Gilsoul (BEL/Hyundai i20) 1min 35.4sec, 4. Hayden Paddon-John Kennard (NZL/Hyundai i20) 1:54.9, 5. Kris Meeke-Paul Nagle (GBR-IRL/Citroën DS3) 2:35.2, 6. Dani Sordo-Marc Marti (ESP/Hyundai i20) 4:02.6, 7. Jari-Matti Latvala-Miikka Anttila (FIN/VW Polo-R) 4:28.3, 8. Mads Ostberg-Ola Floene (NOR/Ford Fiesta RS) 4:38.3, 9. Stéphane Lefebvre-Gilles de Turckheim (FRA/Citroën DS3) 7:12.2, 10. Eric Camilli-Benjamin Veillas (FRA/Ford Fiesta RS) 8:19.3
Standings:
1. Sébastien Ogier (FRA) 247 points (champion), 2. Thierry Neuville (BEL) 143, 3. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) 129, 4. Hayden Paddon (NZL) 126, 5. Dani Sordo (ESP) 119
Team standings:
1. Volkswagen Motorsport, 355 pts (champions), 2. Hyundai Motorsport, 285, 3. M-Sport (Ford), 154, 4. Volkswagen Motorsport 2, 138, 5. Hyundai Motorsport 2, 136
