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BMW 3 Series vans: how many are still registered?

15still registered

BMW 3 Series vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 26 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 54 (1995 Q4) - 27.7% of that peak survives.

10 of the survivors (66.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

27.7% survives 1995 Q4 peak: 54

Declared off-road (SORN)10 · 66.6%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the BMW 3 Series nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

BMW 3 Series cars593,008still reg.BMW 3 Series motorcycles3still reg.BMW 3 Series lorries0still reg.BMW 3 Series buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 15 surviving BMW 3 Series vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 6 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 62.5% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1980 → 2016
210
19802016
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On the road over time

Total BMW 3 Series vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

54
1994log scale2026: 14
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW 3 Series vans 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

1701cc to 1800cc2 vans · 13.3%
1901cc to 2000cc7 vans · 46.6%
2401cc to 2500cc1 vans · 6.6%
2701cc to 2800cc3 vans · 20.0%
2901cc to 3000cc1 vans · 6.6%
3701cc to 3800cc1 vans · 6.6%

Fuel

Petrol13 · 86.6%
Diesel2 · 13.3%

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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.