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HOW MANY BMW 316 I SE ARE LEFT?

There are 391 BMW 316 I SE left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 1,167 BMW 316 I SE that are currently SORNED.

The total number of BMW 316 I SE was highest during 2004 Q4 (19,947). The number taxed topped out in 2004 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2020 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 18,389 (92%) BMW 316 I SE have been scrapped or exported.

During 2020 Q4 the number of BMW 316 I SE that were off the road (SORN) exceeded the number that were licensed for the first time. This could indicate the owners are reluctant to sell or scrap their car as they view them as a potential future classic.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW 316 I SE has fallen by 6,084. Licensed models have fallen by 6,343 and the SORNed total has increased by 259.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 1,238 BMW 316 I SE models. Taxed models have declined by 1,094 and the SORNed total has fallen by 144.

75% of the remaining 1,558 BMW 316 I SE in the UK are currently off the road.

HOW MANY BMW 316 I SE ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q42,20402,2042,204
1995 Q44,47504,4752,271
1996 Q47,16607,1662,691
1997 Q49,35609,3562,190
1998 Q410,886010,8861,530
1999 Q412,295012,2951,409
2000 Q415,199015,1992,904
2001 Q415,053015,053-146
2002 Q417,182017,1822,129
2003 Q419,360019,3602,178
2004 Q419,947019,947587
2005 Q419,486019,486-461
2006 Q418,707018,707-779
2007 Q417,78949218,281-426
2008 Q316,83658017,416-865
2008 Q416,60159017,191-225
2009 Q116,27762316,900-291
2009 Q215,95461916,573-327
2009 Q315,53162016,151-422
2009 Q415,19462415,818-333
2010 Q114,77261615,388-430
2010 Q214,46063015,090-298
2010 Q314,03466714,701-389
2010 Q413,55567614,231-470
2011 Q113,03172713,758-473
2011 Q212,57071713,287-471
2011 Q312,14071012,850-437
2011 Q411,76969812,467-383
2012 Q111,27573412,009-458
2012 Q210,88667811,564-445
2012 Q310,49966911,168-396
2012 Q410,13465910,793-375
2013 Q19,73368610,419-374
2013 Q29,38768810,075-344
2013 Q38,9866879,673-402
2013 Q48,5637709,333-340
2014 Q18,2237698,992-341
2014 Q27,9627158,677-315
2014 Q37,8387638,601-76
2014 Q47,3638278,190-411
2015 Q17,0648647,928-262
2015 Q26,7349087,642-286
2015 Q36,3389577,295-347
2015 Q46,0991,0127,111-184
2016 Q15,7871,0856,872-239
2016 Q25,4271,0916,518-354
2016 Q35,1101,1166,226-292
2016 Q44,8191,1976,016-210
2017 Q14,4321,2455,677-339
2017 Q24,1121,2645,376-301
2017 Q33,8351,2645,099-277
2017 Q43,5641,2754,839-260
2018 Q13,2441,2774,521-318
2018 Q22,9391,2954,234-287
2018 Q32,6971,2813,978-256
2018 Q42,4611,2893,750-228
2019 Q12,2651,2743,539-211
2019 Q22,0811,2823,363-176
2019 Q31,9271,2773,204-159
2019 Q41,7481,2853,033-171
2020 Q11,6131,2992,912-121
2020 Q21,4851,3112,796-116
2020 Q31,3841,2932,677-119
2020 Q41,2561,3052,561-116
2021 Q11,1781,2952,473-88
2021 Q21,0821,2742,356-117
2021 Q39571,2872,244-112
2021 Q48811,2962,177-67
2022 Q18331,2732,106-71
2022 Q27871,2632,050-56
2022 Q37381,2521,990-60
2022 Q47051,2501,955-35
2023 Q16521,2431,895-60
2023 Q26151,2551,870-25
2023 Q35841,2511,835-35
2023 Q45391,2661,805-30
2024 Q15211,2701,791-14
2024 Q24901,2671,757-34
2024 Q34681,2481,716-41
2024 Q44431,1961,639-77
2025 Q14081,1611,569-70
2025 Q23911,1671,558-11

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 23/10/2025.