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BMW 6 Series: how many are still registered?

24,480still registered

BMW 6 Series cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 53 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 26,314 (2019 Q3) - 93.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 22,238 in 2030.

4,491 of the survivors (18.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

93.0% survives 2019 Q3 peak: 26,314

Declared off-road (SORN)4,491 · 18.3%
Disappearing per year1.9%
Projected 2030~22,238

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the BMW 6 Series nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

BMW 6 Series vans1still reg.BMW 6 Series motorcycles0still reg.

By year

All 24,480 surviving BMW 6 Series cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 4,280 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 78.7% 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 built1982 → 2020
3,0001,5000
19822020
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On the road over time

Total BMW 6 Series cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

26,212
1994log scale2026: 23,175
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW 6 Series 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 2000cc1,161 cars · 4.7%
2701cc to 2800cc123 cars · 0.5%
2901cc to 3000cc17,960 cars · 73.3%
3401cc to 3500cc1,338 cars · 5.4%
4301cc to 4400cc2,466 cars · 10.0%
4701cc to 4800cc1,200 cars · 4.9%
Other sizes (17)232 cars · 0.9%

Fuel

Diesel14,082 · 57.5%
Petrol10,377 · 42.3%
Gas21 · under 0.1%

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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.