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How many BMW 3 Series are left in New Zealand?

28,068still registered in New Zealand

Common 1 in 167 on the road Built 1976-2026 European

Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.

The car that defined the compact sports sedan. It replaced BMW's 02 series in 1975, has been through seven generations, and is the best-selling model the company has made. The M3 has an entry of its own here.

Still on the road, by model year

The most are from 2007: 2,621 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.

1976: 13 still registered1977: 13 still registered1978: 24 still registered1979: 23 still registered1980: 15 still registered1981: 26 still registered1982: 24 still registered1983: 37 still registered1984: 43 still registered1985: 94 still registered1986: 239 still registered1987: 293 still registered1988: 296 still registered1989: 412 still registered1990: 451 still registered1991: 150 still registered1992: 129 still registered1993: 161 still registered1994: 265 still registered1995: 423 still registered1996: 609 still registered1997: 409 still registered1998: 443 still registered1999: 484 still registered2000: 748 still registered2001: 1,026 still registered2002: 660 still registered2003: 590 still registered2004: 451 still registered2005: 1,151 still registered2006: 2,052 still registered2007: 2,621 still registered2008: 1,998 still registered2009: 1,465 still registered2010: 1,379 still registered2011: 946 still registered2012: 1,481 still registered2013: 1,872 still registered2014: 1,402 still registered2015: 849 still registered2016: 644 still registered2017: 430 still registered2018: 207 still registered2019: 394 still registered2020: 196 still registered2021: 141 still registered2022: 75 still registered2023: 88 still registered2024: 57 still registered2025: 35 still registered2026: 30 still registered
19762026
Every model year
Model yearStill registered
197613
197713
197824
197923
198015
198126
198224
198337
198443
198594
1986239
1987293
1988296
1989412
1990451
1991150
1992129
1993161
1994265
1995423
1996609
1997409
1998443
1999484
2000748
20011,026
2002660
2003590
2004451
20051,151
20062,052
20072,621
20081,998
20091,465
20101,379
2011946
20121,481
20131,872
20141,402
2015849
2016644
2017430
2018207
2019394
2020196
2021141
202275
202388
202457
202535
202630

By generation

How many of each generation are still registered.

Which oneBuiltLeftGrade
First generation · E211975–1982138Rare
Second generation · E301982–19941,865Uncommon
Third generation · E361990–20002,589Uncommon
Fourth generation · E461997–20065,110Uncommon
Fifth generation · E902004–201411,942Common
Sixth generation · F302011–20185,404Uncommon
Seventh generation · G202018–20261,016Scarce

By badge

The versions the register records, most numerous first.

Which oneBuiltLeftGrade
320i10,203Common
325i3,182Uncommon
318i2,018Uncommon
335i1,871Uncommon
323i1,859Uncommon
330i1,760Uncommon
328i1,568Uncommon
320d956Scarce
330e474Scarce
330d209Scarce
316i208Scarce
GT158Rare
M Sport137Rare
318is132Rare

What Common means

Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 28,068 still registered, the BMW 3 Series is Common: the grade for cars with 8,000 or more left.

By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 53 BMW models and 33rd 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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