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 28,264,172 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 87,024 BMW 3 left in the UK with an MOT. 0.3079% 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	86,765 (99.7%)
3	191 (0.2%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	35 (0.0%)

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

MOST POPULAR BMW 3 COLOUR

Colour	Total
Black	21,952 (25.2%)
Blue	18,867 (21.7%)
Grey	15,725 (18.1%)

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	86,765 (99.7%)
3	191 (0.2%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	35 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	11 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	10 (0.0%)
3 SERIES CONV	1 (0.0%)
3 SERIES ALPINA	1 (0.0%)
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)
3 M SPORT	1 (0.0%)
3 CSL	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	191 (0.2%)	11 yrs	84,740 mi
3 0S	1 (0.0%)	48 yrs	38,314 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	11 (0.0%)	6 yrs	44,064 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	35 (0.0%)	6 yrs	63,481 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	10 (0.0%)	7 yrs	45,846 mi
3 CSL	1 (0.0%)	46 yrs	75,684 mi
3 M SPORT	1 (0.0%)	9 yrs	110,841 mi
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)	14 yrs	173,359 mi
3 SERIES	86,765 (99.7%)	10 yrs	96,620 mi
3 SERIES ALPINA	1 (0.0%)	9 yrs	99,643 mi
3 SERIES CONV	1 (0.0%)	13 yrs	64,859 mi
3 SERIES ESTATE	1 (0.0%)	17 yrs	198,394 mi
3 SERIES TOURING	1 (0.0%)	10 yrs	83,858 mi
3 SERIS	1 (0.0%)	13 yrs	197,919 mi
3 SERISE	1 (0.0%)	12 yrs	96,616 mi
3 WHEEL	1 (0.0%)	60 yrs	9,333 mi
3 WHEEL ISETTA	1 (0.0%)	59 yrs	42,750 mi

MOST COMMON BMW 3 COLOURS

Colour	Total
Black	21,952 (25.2%)
Blue	18,867 (21.7%)
Grey	15,725 (18.1%)
Silver	15,214 (17.5%)
White	9,408 (10.8%)
Red	2,871 (3.3%)
Green	1,785 (2.1%)
Bronze	586 (0.7%)
Gold	196 (0.2%)
Brown	163 (0.2%)
Purple	145 (0.2%)
Beige	44 (0.1%)
Yellow	38 (0.0%)
Orange	19 (0.0%)
Maroon	8 (0.0%)
Turquoise	2 (0.0%)
Multi-colour	1 (0.0%)

MOST COMMON BMW 3 ENGINES

Engine	Total
Diesel	54,135 (62.2%)
Petrol	32,513 (37.4%)
Hybrid Electric	343 (0.4%)
LPG	17 (0.0%)
1995cc Diesel	5 (0.0%)
Other	2 (0.0%)
Electric	2 (0.0%)
2000cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
2494cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2993cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
Gas Bi-Fuel	1 (0.0%)
1995cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1895cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)