How many BMW 3.0 CS are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 108,718 on the road Built 1971-1975 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A pillarless six-cylinder coupe built for BMW by Karmann, and one of the prettiest cars the company has made. The 3.0 CS arrived in 1971, and its lightweight racing offshoot, the 3.0 CSL, grew the wings that earned it the nickname Batmobile and won the European Touring Car Championship several times.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1973: 18 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1971 | 2 |
| 1972 | 11 |
| 1973 | 18 |
| 1974 | 8 |
| 1975 | 3 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 43 still registered, the BMW 3.0 CS is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 40th of the 53 BMW models and equal 1,377th of all 2,903 cars in Spotto's catalogue.
The six grades: Common, 8,000 or more · Uncommon, 1,200 to 7,999 · Scarce, 175 to 1,199 · Rare, 25 to 174 · Super rare, 5 to 24 · Unicorn, fewer than 5.
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