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 31,174,484 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 76,212 BMW 520 left in the UK with an MOT. 0.2445% 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	69,749 (91.5%)
520D M SPORT MHEV AUTO	4,501 (5.9%)
520D XDRIVE M SPORT MHEV AUTO	820 (1.1%)

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

MOST POPULAR BMW 520 COLOUR

Colour	Total
Black	22,239 (29.2%)
Grey	21,063 (27.6%)
Blue	11,046 (14.5%)

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	69,749 (91.5%)
520D M SPORT MHEV AUTO	4,501 (5.9%)
520D XDRIVE M SPORT MHEV AUTO	820 (1.1%)
520I M SPORT MHEV AUTO	486 (0.6%)
520D SE MHEV AUTO	388 (0.5%)
520D XDRIVE SE MHEV AUTO	109 (0.1%)
520I SE MHEV AUTO	58 (0.1%)
520D M SPORT EDITION MHEV AUTO	17 (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	69,749 (91.5%)	12 yrs	117,564 mi
520 D	5 (0.0%)	10 yrs	84,535 mi
520 I TOURING	1 (0.0%)	12 yrs	86,780 mi
520D	9 (0.0%)	9 yrs	78,456 mi
520D EFFICIENTDYNAMICS	4 (0.0%)	12 yrs	122,943 mi
520D M SPORT	2 (0.0%)	12 yrs	97,769 mi
520D M SPORT A	1 (0.0%)	17 yrs	118,680 mi
520D M SPORT AUTO	4 (0.0%)	10 yrs	121,501 mi
520D M SPORT EDITION MHEV AUTO	17 (0.0%)	3 yrs	30,118 mi
520D M SPORT MHEV AUTO	4,501 (5.9%)	4 yrs	39,383 mi
520D SE	7 (0.0%)	13 yrs	127,625 mi
520D SE 20L	6 (0.0%)	15 yrs	136,733 mi
520D SE AUTO	11 (0.0%)	12 yrs	123,515 mi
520D SE MHEV AUTO	388 (0.5%)	4 yrs	43,862 mi
520D SE20L	2 (0.0%)	14 yrs	143,161 mi
520D XDRIVE M SPORT AUTO	1 (0.0%)	6 yrs	145,107 mi
520D XDRIVE M SPORT ED MHEV A	8 (0.0%)	3 yrs	34,252 mi
520D XDRIVE M SPORT MHEV AUTO	820 (1.1%)	4 yrs	35,654 mi
520D XDRIVE SE MHEV AUTO	109 (0.1%)	4 yrs	42,446 mi
520I	3 (0.0%)	7 yrs	49,190 mi
520I 20L	1 (0.0%)	35 yrs	104,021 mi
520I M SPORT AUTO	2 (0.0%)	1 yrs	4,241 mi
520I M SPORT EDITION MHEV AUTO	13 (0.0%)	3 yrs	33,313 mi
520I M SPORT MHEV AUTO	486 (0.6%)	3 yrs	27,635 mi
520I M SPORT PRO AUTO	2 (0.0%)	1 yrs	15,104 mi
520I M SPORT TOURING	1 (0.0%)	12 yrs	65,956 mi
520I SE 2 2L	1 (0.0%)	20 yrs	120,049 mi
520I SE MHEV AUTO	58 (0.1%)	3 yrs	23,631 mi

MOST COMMON BMW 520 COLOURS

Colour	Total
Black	22,239 (29.2%)
Grey	21,063 (27.6%)
Blue	11,046 (14.5%)
White	10,892 (14.3%)
Silver	9,320 (12.2%)
Brown	544 (0.7%)
Green	446 (0.6%)
Red	310 (0.4%)
Bronze	145 (0.2%)
Gold	109 (0.1%)
Beige	60 (0.1%)
Yellow	15 (0.0%)
Purple	9 (0.0%)
Orange	6 (0.0%)
Maroon	5 (0.0%)
Turquoise	2 (0.0%)
Multi-colour	1 (0.0%)

MOST COMMON BMW 520 ENGINES

Engine	Total
1995cc Diesel	63,566 (83.4%)
1995cc Electric Diesel	5,793 (7.6%)
2000cc Diesel	3,497 (4.6%)
2171cc Petrol	994 (1.3%)
1998cc Hybrid Electric	552 (0.7%)
1997cc Petrol	488 (0.6%)
1991cc Petrol	369 (0.5%)
1990cc Petrol	296 (0.4%)
Diesel	194 (0.3%)
2993cc Diesel	95 (0.1%)
1995cc Petrol	79 (0.1%)
1998cc Petrol	79 (0.1%)
Petrol	37 (0.0%)
2200cc Petrol	37 (0.0%)
2497cc Diesel	31 (0.0%)
2000cc Petrol	24 (0.0%)
2171cc Diesel	12 (0.0%)
2494cc Petrol	8 (0.0%)
1600cc Diesel	6 (0.0%)
Electric Diesel	6 (0.0%)
2979cc Petrol	5 (0.0%)
2926cc Diesel	4 (0.0%)
1997cc Diesel	4 (0.0%)
1998cc Diesel	4 (0.0%)
Hybrid Electric	2 (0.0%)
Electric	2 (0.0%)
1990cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
2968cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
2490cc Petrol	2 (0.0%)
2996cc Diesel	2 (0.0%)
2996cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
4999cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2793cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2979cc Hybrid Electric	1 (0.0%)
2926cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1990cc LPG	1 (0.0%)
1991cc LPG	1 (0.0%)
1796cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1796cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1951cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1955cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1976cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1977cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1987cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1993cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)
1995cc Hybrid Electric	1 (0.0%)
2171cc LPG	1 (0.0%)
2172cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
2161cc Petrol	1 (0.0%)
1999cc Diesel	1 (0.0%)