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HOW MANY BMW 318I ES ARE LEFT?

There are 1,329 BMW 318I ES left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 652 BMW 318I ES that are currently SORNED.

The total number of BMW 318I ES was highest during 2012 Q2 (6,488). The number taxed topped out in 2012 Q2 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2024 Q3.

Since the total peaked, some 4,507 (69%) BMW 318I ES have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW 318I ES has fallen by 4,093. Licensed models have fallen by 4,609 and the SORNed total has increased by 516.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 2,024 BMW 318I ES models. Taxed models have declined by 2,093 and the SORNed total has increased by 69.

67% of the surviving 1,981 BMW 318I ES in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY BMW 318I ES ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2003 Q41,27101,2711,271
2004 Q42,25602,256985
2005 Q42,61002,610354
2006 Q43,75503,7551,145
2007 Q44,525674,592837
2008 Q34,857654,922330
2008 Q44,982745,056134
2009 Q15,159405,199143
2009 Q25,309525,361162
2009 Q35,618335,651290
2009 Q45,723465,769118
2010 Q15,899385,937168
2010 Q26,004496,053116
2010 Q36,132426,174121
2010 Q46,159616,22046
2011 Q16,263636,326106
2011 Q26,341526,39367
2011 Q36,397656,46269
2011 Q46,418596,47715
2012 Q16,396706,466-11
2012 Q26,429596,48822
2012 Q36,383686,451-37
2012 Q46,314776,391-60
2013 Q16,301736,374-17
2013 Q26,287646,351-23
2013 Q36,252746,326-25
2013 Q46,183926,275-51
2014 Q16,172846,256-19
2014 Q26,165746,239-17
2014 Q36,216796,29556
2014 Q46,083856,168-127
2015 Q16,0121076,119-49
2015 Q25,9381366,074-45
2015 Q35,8031515,954-120
2015 Q45,7431775,920-34
2016 Q15,6832105,893-27
2016 Q25,5462205,766-127
2016 Q35,4532545,707-59
2016 Q45,3752695,644-63
2017 Q15,2173125,529-115
2017 Q25,0903215,411-118
2017 Q34,9543525,306-105
2017 Q44,8363765,212-94
2018 Q14,6933945,087-125
2018 Q24,5513934,944-143
2018 Q34,3994204,819-125
2018 Q44,2724464,718-101
2019 Q14,0894654,554-164
2019 Q23,9794864,465-89
2019 Q33,8295144,343-122
2019 Q43,6805384,218-125
2020 Q13,5005824,082-136
2020 Q23,4225834,005-77
2020 Q33,3185803,898-107
2020 Q43,1626113,773-125
2021 Q13,0516253,676-97
2021 Q22,9126363,548-128
2021 Q32,7846283,412-136
2021 Q42,6726303,302-110
2022 Q12,5926263,218-84
2022 Q22,4816123,093-125
2022 Q32,3446342,978-115
2022 Q42,2496462,895-83
2023 Q12,1336352,768-127
2023 Q22,0516532,704-64
2023 Q31,9526582,610-94
2023 Q41,8486722,520-90
2024 Q11,7896732,462-58
2024 Q21,6766862,362-100
2024 Q31,5666882,254-108
2024 Q41,4926662,158-96
2025 Q11,4176482,065-93
2025 Q21,3296521,981-84

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.