How many BMW M6s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 31,802 on the road Built 1984-2018 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
BMW's M take on its big coupe. The first, sold in Europe as the M635CSi from the mid-1980s, used a version of the M1 supercar's straight six. The name returned in 2005 with a high-revving V10 shared with the M5, and again in 2012 with a twin-turbo V8, as a coupe, convertible and Gran Coupe.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2006: 33 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 3 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1987 | 4 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 33 |
| 2007 | 22 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 17 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 147 still registered, the BMW M6 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 31st of the 53 BMW models and equal 918th 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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