2021
Busiest manufacture year
About 125 still registered — about 32% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
BMW M550
385
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
4 manufacture years from 2020 to 2023. 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
2021
Busiest manufacture year
About 125 still registered — about 32% of this model’s total.
2023
Rarest for its year
About 51 still registered. Rarer than 99% of other 2023 vehicles still registered.
4
Build years still on the road
From 2020 to 2023, as at 31 Jan 2025.
NSW
Most registered in
About 144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | About 96 | 25% | Rarer than 99% of other 2020 vehicles still registered |
| 2021 | About 125 | 32% | Rarer than 99% of other 2021 vehicles still registered |
| 2022 | About 113 | 29% | Rarer than 99% of other 2022 vehicles still registered |
| 2023 | About 51 | 13% | Rarer than 99% of other 2023 vehicles still registered |
About 36,300 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a BMW M550.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many BMW M550 vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
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BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 97 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 196 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 307 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 387 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 385 |
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
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| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 144 |
| VIC | About 103 |
| QLD | About 83 |
| WA | About 27 |
| SA | About 20 |
| TAS | Not published |
| ACT | About 6 |
| NT | Not published |
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