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BMW: how many are left in the UK?

There are 2,396,136 BMW cars still on UK roads in 2026 Q2, spread across 87 models — from the 3 SERIES (595,292 of them, the brand's most common survivor) down to the R 45, with just 1 left. The BMW fleet grew 1.9% in the past year. 51 of its models rank rare or ultra-rare on RarityRadar. Today 20% of BMW cars on the road are electric or hybrid.

The rarest is the BMW R 45, with just 1 left. See also the rarity leaderboards and ultra-rare cars.

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Most popular
3 SERIES
595,292 on UK roads
Rarest
R 45
Ultra-rare just 1 left
Fastest vanishing
ALPINA D4
-7.6% in a year
Fastest growing
XM
+80.4% in a year

BMW cars on UK roads over time

Total BMW survivors, all models, by quarter
0 599k 1.2M 1.8M 2.4M 2014 Q32020 Q32026 Q2

BMW fuel mix

How the 2,395,212 BMW cars on the road today are powered
Diesel 44%Petrol 36%Hybrid 7%Electric 6%Plug-in hybrid 6%

All BMW models

ModelRarityLeftYr/yr
3 SERIESCommon 595,292 -17,465
1 SERIESCommon 462,000 +3,326
5 SERIESCommon 238,148 -6,305
2 SERIESCommon 167,347 +8,315
X1Common 137,832 +11,089
X3Common 129,350 +5,644
4 SERIESCommon 122,432 +571
X5Common 120,934 +2,552
I4Common 43,884 +9,116
Z4Common 37,053 -307
X2Common 28,532 +3,967
M3Common 28,292 +1,357
I3Common 25,732 +139
7 SERIESCommon 24,281 -273
6 SERIESCommon 24,046 -717
IX1Common 21,527 +5,311
IX3Common 20,643 +1,047
IXCommon 20,325 +4,524
X4Common 19,617 +164
X6Common 17,155 -188
M4Common 16,317 +493
Z3Common 15,725 -300
I5Common 10,294 +3,488
M2Common 10,272 +993
IX2Common 10,202 +4,290
M5Uncommon 9,797 +928
8 SERIESUncommon 8,653 +124
X7Uncommon 6,984 +1,458
Z4 MUncommon 3,244 +165
X3 MUncommon 2,773 -178
I8Uncommon 2,272 -21
I7Uncommon 2,210 +398
X5 MUncommon 1,864 +53
XMUncommon 1,542 +687
M6Uncommon 1,455 -7
X4 MUncommon 1,018 +2
2002Rare 875 +15
M8Rare 846 -30
X6 MRare 730 +12
M ROADSTERRare 516 -4
M COUPERare 488 -3
M535IRare 404 +10
1 SERIES MRare 399 +13
CI AUTORare 375 +12
ALPINA B3Rare 366 +45
3.0 CSRare 263 +10
M635 CSIRare 258 -2
ALPINA D3Rare 180 +10
2000Rare 165 +0
1602Rare 129 +6
ALPINA B5Rare 119 +1
Z1Rare 111 +2
Z8Rare 108 +2
3.0 CSIRare 101 +2
ALPINA XD3Ultra-rare 72 -1
ALPINA B4Ultra-rare 61 +3
ALPINA D4Ultra-rare 61 -5
2500Ultra-rare 53 +1
1502Ultra-rare 52 -1
ALPINA D5Ultra-rare 48 +2
3.0 SIUltra-rare 44 +1
ALPINA B10Ultra-rare 38 +2
2800Ultra-rare 33 +2
3.0 SUltra-rare 32 +1
1600Ultra-rare 27 +0
700Ultra-rare 23 +0
ALPINA XB7Ultra-rare 22 +1
1800Ultra-rare 16 -1
M1Ultra-rare 13 +0
FRASER NASHUltra-rare 12 +0
3.3 LUltra-rare 10 +1
ALPINA B8Ultra-rare 9 +2
ALPINA B7Ultra-rare 6 -1
1802Ultra-rare 4 +1
ALPINA D10Ultra-rare 3 +0
3000Ultra-rare 3 +0
C1Ultra-rare 3 +0
3200Ultra-rare 2 +0
3.0 CSLUltra-rare 2 +0
3.0 LUltra-rare 2 +0
ALPINA B12Ultra-rare 2 -1
R 850 RTUltra-rare 1 +0
1500Ultra-rare 1 +0
ALPINA B6Ultra-rare 1 +0
K 75Ultra-rare 1 +0
R 100 RTUltra-rare 1 +0
R 45Ultra-rare 1 —
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