BMW 3.0CS
Years on record
The first and last year each official register has the BMW 3.0CS on record.
- Netherlands
- 1971–1975
- Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Worldwide popularity
Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.
Where it's been spotted
Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.
Production history, variants & sources
1 production run · 4 variants · 1 source
Researched from Wikipedia, with the sources listed.
Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/bmw/3-0cs/full
Registration history
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| 1971 | 23 |
| 1972 | 26 |
| 1973 | 34 |
| 1974 | 12 |
| 1975 | 3 |
From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.
Try the API
The BMW 3.0CS as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.
GET /api/v1/vehicles/car/bmw/3-0cs/full
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{
"id": "car/bmw/3-0cs",
"name": "3.0CS",
"make": {
"id": "bmw",
"name": "BMW"
},
"kind": "car",
"body_type": "coupe",
"availability": [
"nl",
"nz"
],
"regions": [
"eu",
"oc"
],
"popularity": {
"global_decile": 5,
"mass_decile": 5,
"rarity": "average"
},
"aliases": [],
"former_ids": [
"car/bmw/30cs"
],
"years": null,
"era": "classic",
"enrichment": null,
"enrichment_gated": true,
"dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
"upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
"attribution": {
"source": "VehiclesDB",
"url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
"license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
"dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
}
}
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