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HOW MANY BMW R SERIES ARE LEFT?

There are 59,484 BMW R SERIES left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 20,177 BMW R SERIES that are currently SORNED.

There are currently more BMW R SERIES, in total, than ever before. The number taxed topped out in 2025 Q2 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2024 Q4.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW R SERIES has gained 35,337. Licensed models have increased by 22,420 and the SORNed total has increased by 12,917.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 19,610 BMW R SERIES models. Taxed models have grown by 13,760 and the SORNed total has increased by 5,850.

75% of the surviving 79,661 BMW R SERIES in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY BMW R SERIES ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q45,16405,1645,164
1995 Q45,55405,554390
1996 Q46,46406,464910
1997 Q47,39107,391927
1998 Q48,54008,5401,149
1999 Q49,73809,7381,198
2000 Q410,955010,9551,217
2001 Q412,663012,6631,708
2002 Q415,031015,0312,368
2003 Q417,393017,3932,362
2004 Q419,854019,8542,461
2005 Q422,731022,7312,877
2006 Q424,745024,7452,014
2007 Q426,7443,86230,6065,861
2008 Q329,6582,98732,6452,039
2008 Q428,5674,42532,992347
2009 Q128,7344,28833,02230
2009 Q230,8803,43534,3151,293
2009 Q331,0153,40934,424109
2009 Q429,4794,90834,387-37
2010 Q129,3504,97734,327-60
2010 Q231,6093,94635,5551,228
2010 Q331,8393,81335,65297
2010 Q429,7475,96535,71260
2011 Q129,9735,62835,601-111
2011 Q232,3644,28336,6471,046
2011 Q332,1124,33936,451-196
2011 Q430,3256,35736,682231
2012 Q130,3796,09436,473-209
2012 Q232,5564,81637,372899
2012 Q332,5584,47137,029-343
2012 Q430,2177,16937,386357
2013 Q129,9257,09537,020-366
2013 Q232,8945,63338,5271,507
2013 Q333,2834,99138,274-253
2013 Q430,8988,47839,3761,102
2014 Q131,3547,01038,364-1,012
2014 Q234,6326,09340,7252,361
2014 Q336,0646,59242,6561,931
2014 Q433,1899,35142,540-116
2015 Q133,6027,98441,586-954
2015 Q237,0647,26044,3242,738
2015 Q337,9697,59045,5591,235
2015 Q435,90410,36546,269710
2016 Q136,7079,80446,511242
2016 Q240,0188,19448,2121,701
2016 Q341,1908,55949,7491,537
2016 Q438,93111,58850,519770
2017 Q140,0009,99949,999-520
2017 Q243,3549,49052,8442,845
2017 Q344,0279,92653,9531,109
2017 Q440,71013,25753,96714
2018 Q141,30711,81753,124-843
2018 Q244,92410,57855,5022,378
2018 Q345,46211,20856,6701,168
2018 Q441,98915,00656,995325
2019 Q143,42612,91456,340-655
2019 Q246,57711,94858,5252,185
2019 Q346,97812,81159,7891,264
2019 Q443,25916,62859,88798
2020 Q142,69717,10259,799-88
2020 Q245,72414,32760,051252
2020 Q347,40514,62262,0271,976
2020 Q443,36718,81762,184157
2021 Q143,81616,76860,584-1,600
2021 Q249,36314,71564,0783,494
2021 Q350,60715,02265,6291,551
2021 Q446,70519,51766,222593
2022 Q148,60617,15365,759-463
2022 Q252,65315,49168,1442,385
2022 Q353,28016,20269,4821,338
2022 Q448,93420,99169,925443
2023 Q150,25318,51668,769-1,156
2023 Q255,13316,95772,0903,321
2023 Q355,22417,77272,996906
2023 Q449,97823,25773,235239
2024 Q152,00620,38872,394-841
2024 Q257,22618,64075,8663,472
2024 Q357,44619,43276,8781,012
2024 Q452,12025,01377,133255
2025 Q153,54024,94978,4891,356
2025 Q259,48420,17779,6611,172

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.