2016
Busiest manufacture year
About 63 still registered.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
BMW 730
666
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
22 manufacture years from 1992 to 2021. A few records outside this range are too small to publish reliably. Year of manufacture as recorded on the registry — not model year or compliance plate.
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
2016
Busiest manufacture year
About 63 still registered.
1992
Rarest for its year
About 14 still registered. Rarer than 99% of other 1992 vehicles still registered.
22
Build years still on the road
From 1992 to 2021, as at 31 Jan 2025.
VIC
Most registered in
About 222 registered there. State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
Each row is a year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Open a year for history, state split, and rarity.
| Year | Still registered | Share of model | Rarity for its year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | About 3 | 0.5% | Not ranked |
| 1989 | About 3 | 0.5% | Not ranked |
| 1991 | About 3 | 0.5% | Not ranked |
| 1992 | About 14 | 2.1% | Rarer than 99% of other 1992 vehicles still registered |
| 1993 | About 18 | 2.7% | Rarer than 98% of other 1993 vehicles still registered |
| 1994 | About 18 | 2.7% | Rarer than 99% of other 1994 vehicles still registered |
| 1995 | About 40 | 6.0% | Rarer than 97% of other 1995 vehicles still registered |
| 1996 | About 9 | 1.4% | Not ranked |
| 2002 | About 3 | 0.5% | Not ranked |
| 2005 | About 3 | 0.5% | Not ranked |
| 2006 | About 4 | 0.6% | Not ranked |
| 2008 | About 3 | 0.5% | Not ranked |
| 2009 | About 46 | 6.9% | Rarer than 99% of other 2009 vehicles still registered |
| 2010 | About 44 | 6.6% | Rarer than 99% of other 2010 vehicles still registered |
| 2011 | About 34 | 5.1% | Rarer than 99% of other 2011 vehicles still registered |
| 2012 | About 33 | 5.0% | Rarer than 99% of other 2012 vehicles still registered |
| 2013 | About 53 | 8.0% | Rarer than 99% of other 2013 vehicles still registered |
| 2014 | About 30 | 4.5% | Rarer than 99% of other 2014 vehicles still registered |
| 2015 | About 46 | 6.9% | Rarer than 99% of other 2015 vehicles still registered |
| 2016 | About 63 | 9.5% | Rarer than 99% of other 2016 vehicles still registered |
| 2017 | About 41 | 6.2% | Rarer than 99% of other 2017 vehicles still registered |
| 2018 | About 50 | 7.5% | Rarer than 99% of other 2018 vehicles still registered |
| 2019 | About 52 | 7.8% | Rarer than 99% of other 2019 vehicles still registered |
| 2020 | About 24 | 3.6% | Rarer than 99% of other 2020 vehicles still registered |
| 2021 | About 26 | 3.9% | Rarer than 99% of other 2021 vehicles still registered |
| 2022 | About 3 | 0.5% | Not ranked |
Years that aren’t listed have fewer than 3 still registered, so BITRE doesn’t publish a count.
About 21,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a BMW 730.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many BMW 730 vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Down about 11% since 2021
Tap a point for its count.
BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 745 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 754 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 726 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 682 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 666 |
By year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
Tap a bar for its count.
| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 161 |
| VIC | About 222 |
| QLD | About 152 |
| WA | About 56 |
| SA | About 40 |
| TAS | About 9 |
| ACT | About 9 |
| NT | Not published |
How this model is powered, across all years where BITRE publishes it.
Based on BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2021–2025 (CC BY 3.0 AU; the January 2024 release is CC BY 2.5 AU). Colour: Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Whole Fleet Vehicle Registration Snapshot by Model, Q4 2024 (CC BY 4.0). Oz rare cars is not affiliated with or endorsed by BITRE, the Australian Government or the Victorian Government. Registration counts are not sales, not a valuation, and not advice. Method