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HOW MANY BMW 318I SE ARE LEFT?

There are 5,048 BMW 318I SE left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 4,775 BMW 318I SE that are currently SORNED.

The total number of BMW 318I SE was highest during 2004 Q4 (54,745). The number taxed topped out in 2004 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2024 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 44,922 (82%) BMW 318I SE have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW 318I SE has fallen by 21,897. Licensed models have fallen by 23,728 and the SORNed total has increased by 1,831.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 7,143 BMW 318I SE models. Taxed models have declined by 7,089 and the SORNed total has fallen by 54.

51% of the surviving 9,823 BMW 318I SE in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY BMW 318I SE ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q416,887016,88716,887
1995 Q418,431018,4311,544
1996 Q420,429020,4291,998
1997 Q423,011023,0112,582
1998 Q426,405026,4053,394
1999 Q436,090036,0909,685
2000 Q441,038041,0384,948
2001 Q447,267047,2676,229
2002 Q452,405052,4055,138
2003 Q454,597054,5972,192
2004 Q454,745054,745148
2005 Q453,184053,184-1,561
2006 Q452,442052,442-742
2007 Q451,6521,87253,5241,082
2008 Q350,1061,76651,872-1,652
2008 Q449,5751,96751,542-330
2009 Q149,1592,02951,188-354
2009 Q248,9031,84250,745-443
2009 Q348,5181,81650,334-411
2009 Q447,8751,85749,732-602
2010 Q147,1831,86749,050-682
2010 Q246,7011,79448,495-555
2010 Q345,9451,86247,807-688
2010 Q444,9072,00746,914-893
2011 Q144,0942,05346,147-767
2011 Q243,3192,04545,364-783
2011 Q342,3602,05644,416-948
2011 Q441,3422,13843,480-936
2012 Q140,4412,17342,614-866
2012 Q239,7482,02741,775-839
2012 Q338,9102,00840,918-857
2012 Q437,8302,13239,962-956
2013 Q136,8592,15839,017-945
2013 Q236,1632,07838,241-776
2013 Q335,1232,08837,211-1,030
2013 Q434,0382,39036,428-783
2014 Q133,0782,41635,494-934
2014 Q232,4062,30334,709-785
2014 Q332,3212,40434,72516
2014 Q430,7952,62333,418-1,307
2015 Q129,7012,81132,512-906
2015 Q228,7762,94431,720-792
2015 Q327,6463,07530,721-999
2015 Q426,6333,37130,004-717
2016 Q125,8213,56329,384-620
2016 Q224,6713,68428,355-1,029
2016 Q323,5433,84827,391-964
2016 Q422,7654,07626,841-550
2017 Q121,7244,15325,877-964
2017 Q220,7534,21124,964-913
2017 Q319,8424,25224,094-870
2017 Q418,8824,38723,269-825
2018 Q117,9034,41322,316-953
2018 Q217,1424,39121,533-783
2018 Q316,3714,44420,815-718
2018 Q415,7144,54320,257-558
2019 Q115,0284,54219,570-687
2019 Q214,3774,54418,921-649
2019 Q313,6964,66418,360-561
2019 Q413,0914,75817,849-511
2020 Q112,5014,88217,383-466
2020 Q212,1374,82916,966-417
2020 Q311,7084,79416,502-464
2020 Q411,2484,86316,111-391
2021 Q110,7764,90915,685-426
2021 Q210,3174,85915,176-509
2021 Q39,8094,88714,696-480
2021 Q49,3614,95714,318-378
2022 Q18,9794,96013,939-379
2022 Q28,6894,89013,579-360
2022 Q38,3434,88313,226-353
2022 Q48,0544,96513,019-207
2023 Q17,7084,95212,660-359
2023 Q27,4574,91912,376-284
2023 Q37,1984,93012,128-248
2023 Q46,8405,03211,872-256
2024 Q16,4705,04511,515-357
2024 Q26,1545,06311,217-298
2024 Q35,9095,02210,931-286
2024 Q45,5874,86010,447-484
2025 Q15,2994,80810,107-340
2025 Q25,0484,7759,823-284

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.