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 31,344,532 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 356,047 BMW 3 left in the UK with an MOT. 1.14% 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	355,823 (99.9%)
3	193 (0.1%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	14 (0.0%)

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

MOST POPULAR BMW 3 COLOUR

Colour	Total
Black	89,367 (25.1%)
Blue	76,500 (21.5%)
Silver	63,401 (17.8%)

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	355,823 (99.9%)
3	193 (0.1%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	14 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	6 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	5 (0.0%)
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)
3 WHEEL ISETTA	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	193 (0.1%)	11 yrs	86,482 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	5 (0.0%)	7 yrs	47,486 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	14 (0.0%)	7 yrs	68,868 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	6 (0.0%)	8 yrs	40,738 mi
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)	15 yrs	173,359 mi
3 SERIES	355,823 (99.9%)	11 yrs	96,139 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	89,367 (25.1%)
Blue	76,500 (21.5%)
Silver	63,401 (17.8%)
Grey	63,360 (17.8%)
White	38,400 (10.8%)
Red	12,378 (3.5%)
Green	7,569 (2.1%)
Bronze	2,380 (0.7%)
Gold	775 (0.2%)
Purple	694 (0.2%)
Brown	688 (0.2%)
Yellow	211 (0.1%)
Beige	175 (0.0%)
Orange	70 (0.0%)
Maroon	54 (0.0%)
Turquoise	16 (0.0%)
Pink	4 (0.0%)
Multi-colour	4 (0.0%)
Cream	1 (0.0%)

MOST COMMON BMW 3 ENGINES

Engine	Total
Diesel	215,881 (60.6%)
Petrol	138,118 (38.8%)
Hybrid Electric	1,720 (0.5%)
LPG	68 (0.0%)
1995cc Diesel	60 (0.0%)
2494cc Petrol	32 (0.0%)
2979cc Petrol	25 (0.0%)
1995cc Petrol	25 (0.0%)
2993cc Diesel	20 (0.0%)
1796cc Petrol	11 (0.0%)
2000cc Diesel	10 (0.0%)
Electric	10 (0.0%)
1997cc Petrol	8 (0.0%)
2171cc Petrol	8 (0.0%)
2793cc Petrol	7 (0.0%)
Gas Bi-Fuel	7 (0.0%)
Other	7 (0.0%)
1990cc Petrol	5 (0.0%)
2996cc Petrol	4 (0.0%)
2497cc Petrol	3 (0.0%)
1998cc Petrol	3 (0.0%)
2000cc Petrol	3 (0.0%)
1895cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
1896cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2500cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2498cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
2316cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2998cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
3000cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1560cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
Gas Diesel	1 (0.0%)