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BMW 1600: how many are still registered?

27still registered

BMW 1600 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

10 of the survivors (37.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)10 · 37.0%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the BMW 1600 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

BMW 1600 vans0still reg.BMW 1600 motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 27 surviving BMW 1600 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 12 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1967 → 1972
420
196719681969197019711972
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On the road over time

Total BMW 1600 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

27
1994log scale2026: 26
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW 1600 cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

Up to 100cc1 cars · 3.7%
1501cc to 1600cc19 cars · 70.3%
1601cc to 1700cc6 cars · 22.2%
2001cc to 2100cc1 cars · 3.7%

Fuel

Petrol27 · 100%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.