HOW MANY BMW 520 ARE LEFT?

HOW RARE IS MY BMW 520?

These stats won't show how many BMW 520 were made or sold but they do show how many BMW 520 are left on the road.

There are 33,876,578 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 84,686 BMW 520 left in the UK with an MOT. 0.2500% of all UK vehicles are BMW 520. Vehicle data is updated in near real-time as they pass & fail MOT tests.

MOST POPULAR BMW 520 MODEL

MODEL	HOW MANY?
520	78,910 (93.2%)
520D M SPORT MHEV AUTO	4,119 (4.9%)
520D XDRIVE M SPORT MHEV AUTO	717 (0.8%)

Tap the Models tab above to view all BMW 520 model variants.

MOST POPULAR BMW 520 COLOUR

Colour	Total
Black	24,614 (29.1%)
Grey	23,365 (27.6%)
Blue	12,177 (14.4%)

Tap the Colours tab above to view all BMW 520 colours.

HOW RELIABLE ARE BMW 520?

This chart shows how many BMW 520 are left from each year (green) along with their average mileage (black).

MOST COMMON BMW 520 MODEL VARIANTS

MODEL VARIANT	HOW MANY?
520	78,910 (93.2%)
520D M SPORT MHEV AUTO	4,119 (4.9%)
520D XDRIVE M SPORT MHEV AUTO	717 (0.8%)
520D SE MHEV AUTO	380 (0.4%)
520I M SPORT MHEV AUTO	316 (0.4%)
520D XDRIVE SE MHEV AUTO	102 (0.1%)
520I SE MHEV AUTO	42 (0.0%)
520D M SPORT EDITION MHEV AUTO	20 (0.0%)
520I M SPORT EDITION MHEV AUTO	13 (0.0%)
520D SE AUTO	11 (0.0%)

LIST OF BMW 520 MODEL VARIANTS

The BMW 520 model variants are as they are on the V5C Car Logbook; there are typos & mistakes.

MODEL VARIANT	HOW MANY?	AVG AGE	AVG MILEAGE
520	78,910 (93.2%)	12 yrs	114,220 mi
520 D	6 (0.0%)	10 yrs	93,882 mi
520 I TOURING	1 (0.0%)	12 yrs	86,780 mi
520D	9 (0.0%)	9 yrs	71,792 mi
520D EFFICIENTDYNAMICS	3 (0.0%)	12 yrs	129,165 mi
520D M SPORT	2 (0.0%)	12 yrs	96,074 mi
520D M SPORT A	1 (0.0%)	17 yrs	118,680 mi
520D M SPORT AUTO	5 (0.0%)	11 yrs	133,635 mi
520D M SPORT EDITION MHEV AUTO	20 (0.0%)	4 yrs	30,985 mi
520D M SPORT MHEV AUTO	4,119 (4.9%)	4 yrs	34,827 mi
520D SE	6 (0.0%)	13 yrs	131,845 mi
520D SE 20L	6 (0.0%)	15 yrs	134,815 mi
520D SE AUTO	11 (0.0%)	12 yrs	119,505 mi
520D SE MHEV AUTO	380 (0.4%)	4 yrs	38,707 mi
520D SE20L	2 (0.0%)	14 yrs	143,161 mi
520D XDRIVE M SPORT ED MHEV A	7 (0.0%)	3 yrs	32,188 mi
520D XDRIVE M SPORT MHEV AUTO	717 (0.8%)	4 yrs	32,396 mi
520D XDRIVE SE MHEV AUTO	102 (0.1%)	4 yrs	39,307 mi
520I	2 (0.0%)	9 yrs	71,029 mi
520I 20L	1 (0.0%)	35 yrs	104,021 mi
520I M SPORT AUTO	1 (0.0%)	0 yrs	251 mi
520I M SPORT EDITION MHEV AUTO	13 (0.0%)	3 yrs	28,076 mi
520I M SPORT MHEV AUTO	316 (0.4%)	3 yrs	24,411 mi
520I M SPORT PRO AUTO	2 (0.0%)	1 yrs	2,764 mi
520I M SPORT TOURING	1 (0.0%)	12 yrs	65,042 mi
520I SE 2 2L	1 (0.0%)	20 yrs	118,912 mi
520I SE MHEV AUTO	42 (0.0%)	3 yrs	22,841 mi

MOST COMMON BMW 520 COLOURS

Colour	Total
Black	24,614 (29.1%)
Grey	23,365 (27.6%)
Blue	12,177 (14.4%)
White	11,979 (14.1%)
Silver	10,713 (12.7%)
Brown	609 (0.7%)
Green	510 (0.6%)
Red	331 (0.4%)
Bronze	164 (0.2%)
Gold	125 (0.1%)
Beige	56 (0.1%)
Yellow	17 (0.0%)
Purple	9 (0.0%)
Maroon	8 (0.0%)
Orange	5 (0.0%)
Turquoise	2 (0.0%)
Multi-colour	2 (0.0%)

MOST COMMON BMW 520 ENGINES

Engine	Total
1995cc Diesel	66,662 (78.7%)
Diesel	5,669 (6.7%)
1995cc Electric Diesel	5,167 (6.1%)
2000cc Diesel	3,681 (4.3%)
2171cc Petrol	1,067 (1.3%)
1997cc Petrol	503 (0.6%)
1991cc Petrol	386 (0.5%)
1998cc Hybrid Electric	358 (0.4%)
Petrol	320 (0.4%)
1990cc Petrol	287 (0.3%)
Electric Diesel	140 (0.2%)
1995cc Petrol	99 (0.1%)
2993cc Diesel	89 (0.1%)
1998cc Petrol	67 (0.1%)
2497cc Diesel	37 (0.0%)
2200cc Petrol	36 (0.0%)
2000cc Petrol	28 (0.0%)
2171cc Diesel	12 (0.0%)
2494cc Petrol	9 (0.0%)
Hybrid Electric	8 (0.0%)
1600cc Diesel	7 (0.0%)
2979cc Petrol	6 (0.0%)
1997cc Diesel	5 (0.0%)
2926cc Diesel	4 (0.0%)
1998cc Diesel	3 (0.0%)
2171cc LPG	2 (0.0%)
1990cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
1976cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
1977cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
Electric	2 (0.0%)
2793cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2996cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
2968cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
2979cc Hybrid Electric	1 (0.0%)
2996cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2926cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2497cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2498cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
2693cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
LPG	1 (0.0%)
1705cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1796cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1951cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1955cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1968cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1987cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
2172cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2287cc Hybrid Electric	1 (0.0%)
2394cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2490cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1993cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
2161cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1999cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)