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 28,433,477 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 175,663 BMW 3 left in the UK with an MOT. 0.6178% 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	175,428 (99.9%)
3	188 (0.1%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	25 (0.0%)

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

MOST POPULAR BMW 3 COLOUR

Colour	Total
Black	44,598 (25.4%)
Blue	37,760 (21.5%)
Grey	31,496 (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	175,428 (99.9%)
3	188 (0.1%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	25 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	7 (0.0%)
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	7 (0.0%)
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)
3 CSL	1 (0.0%)
3 SERIS	1 (0.0%)
3 SERIES ESTATE	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	188 (0.1%)	11 yrs	85,544 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID LUXURY AUTO	7 (0.0%)	7 yrs	48,035 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID M SPORT AUTO	25 (0.0%)	7 yrs	64,182 mi
3 ACTIVEHYBRID SE AUTO	7 (0.0%)	8 yrs	43,372 mi
3 CSL	1 (0.0%)	47 yrs	75,684 mi
3 SERIAS	1 (0.0%)	15 yrs	173,359 mi
3 SERIES	175,428 (99.9%)	11 yrs	96,476 mi
3 SERIES ALPINA	1 (0.0%)	10 yrs	99,643 mi
3 SERIES CONV	1 (0.0%)	14 yrs	64,859 mi
3 SERIES ESTATE	1 (0.0%)	18 yrs	198,394 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	44,598 (25.4%)
Blue	37,760 (21.5%)
Grey	31,496 (17.9%)
Silver	30,576 (17.4%)
White	19,510 (11.1%)
Red	5,807 (3.3%)
Green	3,542 (2.0%)
Bronze	1,157 (0.7%)
Gold	361 (0.2%)
Brown	325 (0.2%)
Purple	286 (0.2%)
Yellow	92 (0.1%)
Beige	80 (0.0%)
Orange	36 (0.0%)
Maroon	25 (0.0%)
Turquoise	9 (0.0%)
Multi-colour	3 (0.0%)

MOST COMMON BMW 3 ENGINES

Engine	Total
Diesel	109,244 (62.2%)
Petrol	65,674 (37.4%)
Hybrid Electric	668 (0.4%)
LPG	34 (0.0%)
1995cc Diesel	13 (0.0%)
Other	5 (0.0%)
Electric	4 (0.0%)
1995cc Petrol	4 (0.0%)
2000cc Diesel	3 (0.0%)
2494cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2793cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2993cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
1997cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
Gas Bi-Fuel	2 (0.0%)
1895cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1896cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2979cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2171cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)