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HOW MANY BMW 1 SERIES ARE LEFT?

There are 402,530 BMW 1 SERIES left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 21,637 BMW 1 SERIES that are currently SORNED.

The total number of BMW 1 SERIES was highest during 2024 Q2 (424,211). The number taxed topped out in 2024 Q2 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 44 (0%) BMW 1 SERIES have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW 1 SERIES has gained 133,037. Licensed models have increased by 113,279 and the SORNed total has increased by 19,758.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 26,604 BMW 1 SERIES models. Taxed models have grown by 15,476 and the SORNed total has increased by 11,128.

95% of the surviving 424,167 BMW 1 SERIES in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY BMW 1 SERIES ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2004 Q47,05207,0527,052
2005 Q427,564027,56420,512
2006 Q447,755047,75520,191
2007 Q468,2191,59769,81622,061
2008 Q390,1502,15892,30822,492
2008 Q495,9582,32998,2875,979
2009 Q1101,7661,803103,5695,282
2009 Q2108,6431,594110,2376,668
2009 Q3117,9011,518119,4199,182
2009 Q4125,0321,503126,5357,116
2010 Q1133,1161,168134,2847,749
2010 Q2141,2821,190142,4728,188
2010 Q3149,4461,324150,7708,298
2010 Q4155,2341,512156,7465,976
2011 Q1163,0371,251164,2887,542
2011 Q2170,9701,312172,2827,994
2011 Q3176,5881,585178,1735,891
2011 Q4182,0351,795183,8305,657
2012 Q1189,6711,389191,0607,230
2012 Q2197,3311,228198,5597,499
2012 Q3206,1841,309207,4938,934
2012 Q4213,7141,695215,4097,916
2013 Q1222,8781,720224,5989,189
2013 Q2232,2801,559233,8399,241
2013 Q3245,1721,657246,82912,990
2013 Q4251,4851,498252,9836,154
2014 Q1259,5781,657261,2358,252
2014 Q2266,9951,600268,5957,360
2014 Q3280,3231,372281,69513,100
2014 Q4282,7582,023284,7813,086
2015 Q1289,2511,879291,1306,349
2015 Q2296,3812,011298,3927,262
2015 Q3304,2271,874306,1017,709
2015 Q4310,8832,387313,2707,169
2016 Q1316,5282,461318,9895,719
2016 Q2322,9912,768325,7596,770
2016 Q3329,2153,148332,3636,604
2016 Q4334,9623,658338,6206,257
2017 Q1341,4643,826345,2906,670
2017 Q2347,8324,221352,0536,763
2017 Q3353,8324,553358,3856,332
2017 Q4358,2685,063363,3314,946
2018 Q1362,8995,219368,1184,787
2018 Q2366,7205,621372,3414,223
2018 Q3371,6015,981377,5825,241
2018 Q4372,1556,750378,9051,323
2019 Q1378,2137,028385,2416,336
2019 Q2383,5268,204391,7306,489
2019 Q3386,6668,188394,8543,124
2019 Q4387,7509,153396,9032,049
2020 Q1387,05410,509397,563660
2020 Q2388,65810,199398,8571,294
2020 Q3392,25610,225402,4813,624
2020 Q4394,99811,080406,0783,597
2021 Q1397,69811,442409,1403,062
2021 Q2401,18711,303412,4903,350
2021 Q3400,39311,516411,909-581
2021 Q4400,11212,201412,313404
2022 Q1399,50412,498412,002-311
2022 Q2399,38312,536411,919-83
2022 Q3398,56712,992411,559-360
2022 Q4398,25313,799412,052493
2023 Q1396,86014,297411,157-895
2023 Q2397,30314,749412,052895
2023 Q3397,75415,452413,2061,154
2023 Q4400,14316,901417,0443,838
2024 Q1403,73617,981421,7174,673
2024 Q2405,89518,316424,2112,494
2024 Q3403,73418,897422,631-1,580
2024 Q4401,79220,349422,141-490
2025 Q1402,53021,637424,1672,026

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.