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BMW 7 Series: how many are still registered?

26,121still registered

BMW 7 Series cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 161 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 33,687 (1999 Q4) - 77.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 24,341 in 2030.

7,317 of the survivors (28.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

77.5% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 33,687

Declared off-road (SORN)7,317 · 28.0%
Disappearing per year1.4%
Projected 2030~24,341

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the BMW 7 Series nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

BMW 7 Series vans0still reg.BMW 7 Series motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 26,121 surviving BMW 7 Series cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 9,851 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 59.2% 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 built1986 → 2025
2,0001,0000
19862025
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On the road over time

Total BMW 7 Series cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

33,687
1994log scale2026: 23,393
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW 7 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 2000cc419 cars · 1.7%
2701cc to 2800cc1,759 cars · 7.3%
2901cc to 3000cc16,987 cars · 70.5%
3401cc to 3500cc1,070 cars · 4.4%
3601cc to 3700cc228 cars · 0.9%
3901cc to 4000cc259 cars · 1.0%
4301cc to 4400cc1,852 cars · 7.6%
4701cc to 4800cc316 cars · 1.3%
4901cc to 5000cc149 cars · 0.6%
5301cc to 5400cc413 cars · 1.7%
5901cc to 6000cc256 cars · 1.0%
Other sizes (22)381 cars · 1.5%

Fuel

Diesel12,904 · 49.4%
Petrol7,947 · 30.4%
Plug-in Hybrid Electric (petrol)2,229 · 8.5%
Battery Electric2,032 · 7.7%
Hybrid Electric (diesel)847 · 3.2%
Other fuels (2)162 · 0.6%

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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.