Rarity / BMW / M3

BMW M3: how many are still registered?

38,383still registered

BMW M3 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 30 recorded variants.

8,035 of the survivors (20.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

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Declared off-road (SORN)8,035 · 20.9%

By year

All 38,383 surviving BMW M3 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 3,234 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 85.1% 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 built1987 → 2025
4,0002,0000
19872025
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On the road over time

Total BMW M3 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

26,761
1994log scale2026: 26,761
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW M3 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

2301cc to 2400cc463 cars · 1.2%
2901cc to 3000cc20,786 cars · 54.1%
3201cc to 3300cc11,083 cars · 28.8%
3901cc to 4000cc5,486 cars · 14.2%
4001cc to 4100cc327 cars · 0.8%
Other sizes (20)238 cars · 0.6%

Fuel

Petrol28,999 · 75.5%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)5,610 · 14.6%
Hybrid Electric (diesel)3,756 · 9.7%
Other fuels (2)18 · 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.