50,000 to 90,000 DKK / 2014-2016

BMW 3-Serie

Ccost
Bvalue

diesel

First registered 2014-2016, about 11 years old today.

Buy at 2014-2016
89.678 kr
Sell 3.5 years later, you get back
+51.607 kr
Value lost
38.071 kr
Fuel, 3.5 years
40.450 kr
Ownership tax, 3.5 years
10.220 kr
Repairs, 3.5 years
13.920 kr
Total, 3.5 years
102.661 kr
Per year
29.332 kr/year

Reliability

74%

passed its UK MOT test first time, below average for its age. Adjusted for how far these cars are typically driven.

Repair burden

1.33

an index of how often things break and how costly BMW parts tend to be. Around 0.7 to 1.0 is typical; higher means more.

Fuel cost

11.557 kr/year

at 15,000 km a year and current Danish pump prices.

Ownership tax

2.920 kr/year

grøn ejerafgift, from this car's fuel consumption or CO2 figure.

What these numbers are built on

  • 380.196UK MOT testsroadworthiness inspections on this model at this age. The reliability and repair figures are read off them.
  • 1.926registered in Denmarkthe Danish fleet this row describes, from the Motor Register.
  • 1.088comparable foreign listingssecond-hand adverts from a market without registration tax, converted and then calibrated against real Danish asking prices.

How sure are we about the price?

high confidence. Based on 1088 comparable foreign listings. The final number is adjusted with a correction factor of 0.46x found by checking a sample of Danish asking prices against our raw estimate. Read more on the methodology page.

How sure are we about reliability?

medium confidence (two sources, 0.61 standard deviations apart). UK and Norwegian tests broadly agree for this model and age band, without being close enough to call it strong agreement. Read more on the methodology page.