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HOW MANY BMW 318 IS ARE LEFT?

There are 600 BMW 318 IS left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 1,856 BMW 318 IS that are currently SORNED.

The total number of BMW 318 IS was highest during 1999 Q4 (12,583). The number taxed topped out in 1999 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2023 Q4.

Since the total peaked, some 10,127 (80%) BMW 318 IS have been scrapped or exported.

During 2017 Q2 the number of BMW 318 IS 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 318 IS has fallen by 1,166. Licensed models have fallen by 1,852 and the SORNed total has increased by 686.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 224 BMW 318 IS models. Taxed models have declined by 346 and the SORNed total has increased by 122.

76% of the remaining 2,456 BMW 318 IS in the UK are currently off the road.

HOW MANY BMW 318 IS ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q42,45502,4552,455
1995 Q42,45102,451-4
1996 Q45,50905,5093,058
1997 Q48,19408,1942,685
1998 Q410,745010,7452,551
1999 Q412,583012,5831,838
2000 Q412,517012,517-66
2001 Q412,203012,203-314
2002 Q411,892011,892-311
2003 Q411,683011,683-209
2004 Q411,357011,357-326
2005 Q410,807010,807-550
2006 Q49,97609,976-831
2007 Q49,3176209,937-39
2008 Q38,7676639,430-507
2008 Q48,4987619,259-171
2009 Q18,3447949,138-121
2009 Q28,2047678,971-167
2009 Q37,9837518,734-237
2009 Q47,7307988,528-206
2010 Q17,4668078,273-255
2010 Q27,3517758,126-147
2010 Q37,0728427,914-212
2010 Q46,8178977,714-200
2011 Q16,4629337,395-319
2011 Q26,1769457,121-274
2011 Q35,8659906,855-266
2011 Q45,5989776,575-280
2012 Q15,2431,0286,271-304
2012 Q25,0549546,008-263
2012 Q34,7689325,700-308
2012 Q44,4709375,407-293
2013 Q14,1749645,138-269
2013 Q24,0069234,929-209
2013 Q33,7499154,664-265
2013 Q43,4581,0944,552-112
2014 Q13,2301,0744,304-248
2014 Q23,1169904,106-198
2014 Q33,0131,0504,063-43
2014 Q42,7101,1323,842-221
2015 Q12,5671,1633,730-112
2015 Q22,4521,1703,622-108
2015 Q32,3101,2223,532-90
2015 Q42,1311,3083,439-93
2016 Q11,9911,3733,364-75
2016 Q21,9401,3633,303-61
2016 Q31,8161,4123,228-75
2016 Q41,6721,5003,172-56
2017 Q11,6001,5043,104-68
2017 Q21,5241,5393,063-41
2017 Q31,4501,5853,035-28
2017 Q41,3551,6533,008-27
2018 Q11,2801,6412,921-87
2018 Q21,3071,6082,915-6
2018 Q31,2431,6292,872-43
2018 Q41,1641,7092,8731
2019 Q11,1141,6842,798-75
2019 Q21,1151,6632,778-20
2019 Q31,0921,7042,79618
2019 Q49691,7912,760-36
2020 Q19251,8002,725-35
2020 Q29461,7342,680-45
2020 Q39581,7612,71939
2020 Q48531,8352,688-31
2021 Q18211,8262,647-41
2021 Q28541,8062,66013
2021 Q38371,8112,648-12
2021 Q47741,8672,641-7
2022 Q17581,8502,608-33
2022 Q27961,8182,6146
2022 Q38051,8242,62915
2022 Q47061,9212,627-2
2023 Q16881,8922,580-47
2023 Q27281,8702,59818
2023 Q36901,8842,574-24
2023 Q46091,9712,5806
2024 Q15961,9552,551-29
2024 Q26531,9202,57322
2024 Q36341,9072,541-32
2024 Q45671,9272,494-47
2025 Q15441,9142,458-36
2025 Q26001,8562,456-2

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.