2012 BMW 3 Series 3.0 M Sport
Price: £5,995. Good value: £1,147 (16%) under the AskCar estimate of £7,142, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 6,814 priced BMW 3 Series adverts on AskCar as of 9 November 2026.
AskCar lists 7,087 used BMW 3 Series from 2,693 UK dealerships, as of 9 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: BMW
- Model: 3 Series
- Trim: M Sport
- Version: 3.0 M Sport Auto RWD 2dr
- Year: 2012
- Mileage: 95,000 miles
- Fuel: Petrol
- Body: Convertible, 2 doors, 4 seats
- Engine: 3.0 litres
- Gearbox: Automatic
- Drive: Rear-wheel drive
- Colour: White
- CO2: 185 g/km
About this car
This 2012 BMW 3 Series M Sport has covered 95,000 miles. The dealer is asking £5,995, which is £1,147 below the AskCar estimate of £7,142. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 6,814 BMW 3 Series cars across different ages and specifications. We have tracked this advert today. Ask the dealer why the advert shows fewer miles than the 95,652 recorded at the latest MOT. Its recorded MOT is valid until 22 October 2027. It is for sale at Paul Whatley Cars in Stourbridge. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 9 November 2026.
Paul Whatley Cars is rated 4.6 out of 5 on Google.
Price
Good value: £1,147 (16%) under the AskCar estimate of £7,142.
The AskCar estimate is our expected asking price for this car. It uses UK dealer asking prices, accounting for make, model, trim, version, age, mileage, fuel, gearbox, body type, driven wheels, engine size and power. It is an advertised price, not a confirmed sale price.
It draws on 6,814 priced BMW 3 Series adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 9 November 2026.
A 2012 BMW 3 Series with the 3.0 petrol engine is typically advertised at £8,700: the median of the 14 for sale on AskCar, as of 9 November 2026.
Time on sale
AskCar first saw this 2012 BMW 3 Series advertised today. About 4 in 10 of 2012 BMW 3 Series cars are gone from sale within a month of being advertised: 64 of the 167 first advertised between 10 July 2026 and 6 October 2026.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 9 November 2026 at £5,995. Its asking price has not changed.
Mileage and MOT
MOT, from the government's MOT records (DVSA, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency), as of 9 November 2026: valid until 22 October 2027.
It failed its MOT on 20 October 2026 (macpherson strut fractured nsr) and passed 3 days later, on 23 October 2026.
Advisories at the latest test: engine covers fitted.
Mileage at that test: 95,652 miles. The advert says 95,000 miles, fewer than the MOT record, so ask the dealer which is right.
Advertised mileage is about 1,000 miles higher than the median mileage of a 2012 BMW 3 Series on AskCar.
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As of 9 November 2026, AskCar lists 584,619 cars and vans from 12,676 UK dealerships, read daily from dealer websites: over 99% of UK dealer used car adverts. No dealer pays to be listed.