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HOW MANY BMW 120D SE ARE LEFT?

There are 4,283 BMW 120D SE left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 915 BMW 120D SE that are currently SORNED.

The total number of BMW 120D SE was highest during 2014 Q3 (10,043). The number taxed topped out in 2014 Q3 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 4,845 (48%) BMW 120D SE have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW 120D SE has fallen by 4,817. Licensed models have fallen by 5,658 and the SORNed total has increased by 841.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 3,401 BMW 120D SE models. Taxed models have declined by 3,772 and the SORNed total has increased by 371.

82% of the surviving 5,198 BMW 120D SE in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY BMW 120D SE ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2004 Q45340534534
2005 Q42,50702,5071,973
2006 Q43,85103,8511,344
2007 Q45,6011855,7861,935
2008 Q37,0431967,2391,453
2008 Q47,3212007,521282
2009 Q17,6751207,795274
2009 Q27,9141228,036241
2009 Q38,1171178,234198
2009 Q48,2721228,394160
2010 Q18,436488,48490
2010 Q28,608708,678194
2010 Q38,698638,76183
2010 Q48,791718,862101
2011 Q18,894678,96199
2011 Q28,987719,05897
2011 Q39,072759,14789
2011 Q49,174809,254107
2012 Q19,357699,426172
2012 Q29,485679,552126
2012 Q39,539769,61563
2012 Q49,627729,69984
2013 Q19,689759,76465
2013 Q29,787599,84682
2013 Q39,829659,89448
2013 Q49,831679,8984
2014 Q19,865889,95355
2014 Q29,915729,98734
2014 Q39,9756810,04356
2014 Q49,9508510,035-8
2015 Q19,9417410,015-20
2015 Q29,864849,948-67
2015 Q39,859929,9513
2015 Q49,8081149,922-29
2016 Q19,7551089,863-59
2016 Q29,6971029,799-64
2016 Q39,6491109,759-40
2016 Q49,6181479,7656
2017 Q19,4841789,662-103
2017 Q29,4151969,611-51
2017 Q39,3102219,531-80
2017 Q49,2332519,484-47
2018 Q19,1122789,390-94
2018 Q29,0122929,304-86
2018 Q38,9413139,254-50
2018 Q48,8173449,161-93
2019 Q18,7223559,077-84
2019 Q28,5994029,001-76
2019 Q38,4214398,860-141
2019 Q48,2604748,734-126
2020 Q18,0555448,599-135
2020 Q27,9255398,464-135
2020 Q37,8145468,360-104
2020 Q47,6395718,210-150
2021 Q17,4656268,091-119
2021 Q27,3006617,961-130
2021 Q37,0626737,735-226
2021 Q46,9156877,602-133
2022 Q16,7686777,445-157
2022 Q26,5786827,260-185
2022 Q36,3756917,066-194
2022 Q46,2267316,957-109
2023 Q15,9767346,710-247
2023 Q25,7517636,514-196
2023 Q35,5867656,351-163
2023 Q45,3638276,190-161
2024 Q15,0898745,963-227
2024 Q24,8888785,766-197
2024 Q34,7308905,620-146
2024 Q44,5078745,381-239
2025 Q14,2839155,198-183

How Rare Is My Car analyses 'road tax' data from the DVLA, this dataset is only available from 1994 onwards.

DVLA Vehicle licensing statistics last updated 18/10/2025.