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HOW MANY BMW 520D SE AUTO ARE LEFT?

There are 26,984 BMW 520D SE AUTO left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 2,197 BMW 520D SE AUTO that are currently SORNED.

The total number of BMW 520D SE AUTO was highest during 2019 Q2 (35,005). The number taxed topped out in 2019 Q1 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 5,824 (17%) BMW 520D SE AUTO have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW 520D SE AUTO has gained 1,318. Licensed models have fallen by 702 and the SORNed total has increased by 2,020.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 5,242 BMW 520D SE AUTO models. Taxed models have declined by 6,429 and the SORNed total has increased by 1,187.

92% of the surviving 29,181 BMW 520D SE AUTO in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY BMW 520D SE AUTO ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2005 Q49809898
2006 Q41,46501,4651,367
2007 Q42,145252,170705
2008 Q33,693473,7401,570
2008 Q44,201584,259519
2009 Q14,362644,426167
2009 Q24,412754,48761
2009 Q34,517534,57083
2009 Q44,445614,506-64
2010 Q14,410574,467-39
2010 Q24,443644,50740
2010 Q36,284646,3481,841
2010 Q48,007818,0881,740
2011 Q19,7141349,8481,760
2011 Q210,86216711,0291,181
2011 Q312,17815312,3311,302
2011 Q413,06213313,195864
2012 Q114,02811714,145950
2012 Q215,0719715,1681,023
2012 Q316,07810616,1841,016
2012 Q417,33115617,4871,303
2013 Q118,62815518,7831,296
2013 Q219,62713719,764981
2013 Q320,57714720,724960
2013 Q421,47914721,626902
2014 Q122,47621222,6881,062
2014 Q223,47722223,6991,011
2014 Q324,86114725,0081,309
2014 Q425,69123225,923915
2015 Q126,72316726,890967
2015 Q227,68617727,863973
2015 Q328,43520428,639776
2015 Q428,95124929,200561
2016 Q129,68622729,913713
2016 Q230,43225030,682769
2016 Q331,08629831,384702
2016 Q431,59730231,899515
2017 Q132,19133732,528629
2017 Q233,03140533,436908
2017 Q333,58143134,012576
2017 Q433,70249334,195183
2018 Q134,06251634,578383
2018 Q234,27655734,833255
2018 Q334,28159634,87744
2018 Q434,28861634,90427
2019 Q134,32265634,97874
2019 Q234,26574035,00527
2019 Q334,18179134,972-33
2019 Q433,86286334,725-247
2020 Q133,4481,00734,455-270
2020 Q233,4131,01034,423-32
2020 Q333,10099234,092-331
2020 Q432,4701,05433,524-568
2021 Q132,1071,13933,246-278
2021 Q232,0481,14433,192-54
2021 Q331,8461,16333,009-183
2021 Q431,5631,20832,771-238
2022 Q131,2511,27732,528-243
2022 Q231,0251,31332,338-190
2022 Q330,7761,34932,125-213
2022 Q430,5801,38931,969-156
2023 Q130,1801,43831,618-351
2023 Q229,9011,50231,403-215
2023 Q329,5281,55431,082-321
2023 Q429,1661,67730,843-239
2024 Q128,7331,80830,541-302
2024 Q228,4941,84930,343-198
2024 Q328,1311,92930,060-283
2024 Q427,7112,04829,759-301
2025 Q127,4352,15029,585-174
2025 Q226,9842,19729,181-404

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.