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BMW 3.0 S: how many are still registered?

74still registered

BMW 3.0 S cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 3 recorded variants.

17 of the survivors (22.9%) 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)17 · 22.9%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the BMW 3.0 S nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

BMW 3.0 S vans1still reg.BMW 3.0 S motorcycles2still reg.

By year

All 74 surviving BMW 3.0 S cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 40 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1971 → 2008
1570
19712008
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On the road over time

Total BMW 3.0 S cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

32
19942026: 32
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW 3.0 S 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

1901cc to 2000cc1 cars · 1.3%
2501cc to 2600cc1 cars · 1.3%
2901cc to 3000cc68 cars · 91.8%
3001cc to 3100cc3 cars · 4.0%
3501cc to 3600cc1 cars · 1.3%

Fuel

Petrol73 · 98.6%
Diesel1 · 1.3%

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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.