HOW RARE IS MY BMW 3?

These stats won't show how many BMW 3 were made or sold but they do show how many BMW 3 are left on the road.

There are 28,483,112 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 233,299 BMW 3 left in the UK with an MOT. 0.8191% of all UK vehicles are BMW 3. Vehicle data is updated in near real-time as they pass & fail MOT tests.

MOST POPULAR BMW 3 MODEL

MODEL	HOW MANY?
3 SERIES	233,084 (99.9%)
3	179 (0.1%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	18 (0.0%)

Tap the Models tab above to view all BMW 3 model variants.

MOST POPULAR BMW 3 COLOUR

Colour	Total
Black	58,953 (25.3%)
Blue	49,990 (21.4%)
Grey	41,811 (17.9%)

Tap the Colours tab above to view all BMW 3 colours.

HOW RELIABLE ARE BMW 3S?

This chart shows how many BMW 3S are left from each year (green) along with their average mileage (black).

MOST COMMON BMW 3 MODEL VARIANTS

MODEL VARIANT	HOW MANY?
3 SERIES	233,084 (99.9%)
3	179 (0.1%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	18 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	6 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	5 (0.0%)
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)
3 CSL	1 (0.0%)
3 SERISE	1 (0.0%)
3 SERIS	1 (0.0%)
3 SERIES CONV	1 (0.0%)

LIST OF BMW 3 MODEL VARIANTS

The BMW 3 model variants are as they are on the Car Logbook; there are typos & mistakes.

MODEL VARIANT	HOW MANY?	AVG AGE	AVG MILEAGE
3	179 (0.1%)	11 yrs	86,002 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	5 (0.0%)	7 yrs	47,486 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	18 (0.0%)	7 yrs	66,171 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	6 (0.0%)	8 yrs	40,738 mi
3 CSL	1 (0.0%)	47 yrs	75,684 mi
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)	15 yrs	173,359 mi
3 SERIES	233,084 (99.9%)	11 yrs	96,150 mi
3 SERIES ALPINA	1 (0.0%)	10 yrs	99,643 mi
3 SERIES CONV	1 (0.0%)	14 yrs	64,859 mi
3 SERIS	1 (0.0%)	14 yrs	197,919 mi
3 SERISE	1 (0.0%)	13 yrs	96,616 mi
3 WHEEL ISETTA	1 (0.0%)	60 yrs	42,750 mi

MOST COMMON BMW 3 COLOURS

Colour	Total
Black	58,953 (25.3%)
Blue	49,990 (21.4%)
Grey	41,811 (17.9%)
Silver	40,737 (17.5%)
White	26,023 (11.2%)
Red	7,836 (3.4%)
Green	4,727 (2.0%)
Bronze	1,567 (0.7%)
Gold	487 (0.2%)
Brown	449 (0.2%)
Purple	394 (0.2%)
Yellow	122 (0.1%)
Beige	109 (0.0%)
Orange	43 (0.0%)
Maroon	34 (0.0%)
Turquoise	11 (0.0%)
Multi-colour	3 (0.0%)
Pink	2 (0.0%)
Cream	1 (0.0%)

MOST COMMON BMW 3 ENGINES

Engine	Total
Diesel	144,812 (62.1%)
Petrol	87,398 (37.5%)
Hybrid Electric	955 (0.4%)
LPG	41 (0.0%)
1995cc Diesel	29 (0.0%)
2993cc Diesel	10 (0.0%)
2979cc Petrol	8 (0.0%)
1997cc Petrol	6 (0.0%)
2000cc Diesel	5 (0.0%)
1995cc Petrol	5 (0.0%)
Other	5 (0.0%)
Electric	5 (0.0%)
2494cc Petrol	4 (0.0%)
Gas Bi-Fuel	3 (0.0%)
1796cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2793cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
1896cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
1998cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2996cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
1998cc Hybrid Electric	1 (0.0%)
2171cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1895cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)