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Recorded closing bids for a damaged BMW 3 Series
148 damaged BMW 3 Series recorded at UK salvage auction, median closing bid £500, with the middle half between £350 and £1,150. Recorded bids, not estimates, and not independently confirmed as completed sales.
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148Ended listings
£500Median bid
£1,042Average
£350 to £1,150Middle half
76.8%MOT first-time pass rate
At auction now
24 damaged BMW 3 Series are listed at UK salvage auction right now, closing between 12 Oct and 21 Oct. Bids so far run from £40 to £7,100 when we last checked, against the £500 median closing bid above. Each one's closing bid is added to the figures on this page once its auction ends.
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By write-off category
| Category | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Category not stated | 116 | £525 | £350 to £1,100 |
| Cat S | 14 | £1,450 | £375 to £2,750 |
| Cat N | 17 | £400 | £300 to £500 |
By fuel type
| Fuel type | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Petrol | 81 | £450 | £300 to £650 |
| Diesel | 63 | £675 | £375 to £1,500 |
| Hybrid | 3 | £4,400 | £4,400 to £6,900 |
By transmission
| Transmission | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Manual | 82 | £450 | £300 to £700 |
| Automatic | 65 | £600 | £375 to £1,500 |
By colour
| Colour | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Black | 44 | £450 | £350 to £1,050 |
| Grey | 30 | £425 | £250 to £1,500 |
| White | 23 | £1,150 | £700 to £1,500 |
| Blue | 21 | £525 | £400 to £1,400 |
| Silver | 19 | £500 | £400 to £650 |
| Red | 5 | £375 | £100 to £450 |
By type of damage
| Damage type | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Accident damage | 39 | £425 | £325 to £600 |
| Mechanical fault | 8 | £875 | £575 to £925 |
By key availability
| Keys | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Listed with keys | 145 | £500 | £350 to £1,150 |
| Listed with no keys | 3 | £250 | £250 to £1,300 |
By V5 logbook
| Logbook | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Listed with logbook | 48 | £575 | £350 to £1,500 |
| Listed with no logbook | 98 | £450 | £325 to £875 |
By service history
| Service history | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Full service history | 32 | £575 | £375 to £1,150 |
| No service history | 115 | £500 | £325 to £1,150 |
By whether it starts and drives
| Runner status | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Starts and drives | 126 | £500 | £350 to £1,100 |
| Starts, does not drive | 4 | £1,550 | £575 to £1,550 |
| Non-runner | 17 | £575 | £250 to £1,300 |
By seller
| Seller | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Asm Auto Recycling | 69 | £450 | £350 to £825 |
| Silverlake Autoparts | 42 | £525 | £300 to £1,400 |
| Trader.Co.Uk | 17 | £1,100 | £500 to £1,500 |
| Charles Trent LTD | 8 | £925 | £450 to £1,500 |
| DLH Auto Recyclers LTD | 5 | £250 | £225 to £300 |
| Whip Street Motors | 4 | £575 | £500 to £575 |
By body shape
| Body shape | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| Saloon | 64 | £450 | £350 to £1,150 |
| Coupe | 25 | £575 | £425 to £675 |
| Estate | 21 | £500 | £300 to £1,300 |
| Convertible | 13 | £500 | £325 to £1,050 |
| Hatchback | 3 | £1,500 | - |
By doors
| Doors | Lots | Median | Middle half |
|---|
| 2 doors | 21 | £600 | £425 to £850 |
| 4 doors | 41 | £500 | £375 to £1,150 |
| 5 doors | 9 | £1,400 | £375 to £1,550 |
The median sits below the average because a handful of higher recorded bids pull the average up. It describes this ended-listing sample only and is not a valuation comparable for a specific car.
Before you bid on one
- Work out a max bid for a specific BMW 3 Series lot from its damage, repair cost and resale value, first analysis free
- The BMW 3 Series passes its MOT first time in 76.8% of cases, from 379,649 real DVSA tests, above the 76.7% national average - a healthier car to start from before you add crash damage
- A typical DVSA-tested BMW 3 Series is first registered around 2010 with about 108,146 miles by its test - check a specific lot's mileage against its age before you bid
- Don't assume this pass rate sets the price - MOT reliability barely predicts salvage price across the site as a whole, and the reason why matters more than the BMW 3 Series's own number
- Confirm the write-off category, finance and stolen status for a specific car, 5 credits
- Work out whether repairing beats selling
- Search the individual lots behind these figures (currently paused, see why)
- See which factor moves salvage price the most across the whole dataset
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