BMW R35

Motorcycle

2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the BMW R35 on record.

Netherlands
1937โ€“1952
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2009โ€“2022
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 60% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands Switzerland

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

2 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/motorcycle/bmw/r35/full

Registration history

1937: 13 vehicles 13 1938: 12 vehicles 1939: 9 vehicles 1940: 4 vehicles 1941: 1 vehicle 1946: 1 vehicle 1947: 3 vehicles 1948: 3 vehicles 1949: 1 vehicle 1950: 4 vehicles 1951: 9 vehicles 1952: 1 vehicle 1937 1952
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2009: 1 vehicle 2011: 2 vehicles 2 2012: 1 vehicle 2014: 1 vehicle 2016: 1 vehicle 2022: 2 vehicles 2009 2022
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1937 13
1938 12
1939 9
1940 4
1941 1
1946 1
1947 3
1948 3
1949 1
1950 4
1951 9
1952 1
Finland
2009 1
2011 2
2012 1
2014 1
2016 1
2022 2

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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  ],
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  ],
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    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 6,
    "rarity": "average"
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}

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