How many Alvis 12/70 are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1938 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A four-cylinder Alvis of the late 1930s, the smallest and least expensive car in a range otherwise made up of big sixes. Its 1.8-litre engine was new, and after the war a development of it powered the TA14, the car that got Alvis back into production.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1938.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Alvis 12/70 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 10th of the 15 Alvis models and equal 2,668th of all 2,903 cars in Spotto's catalogue.
The six grades: Common, 8,000 or more · Uncommon, 1,200 to 7,999 · Scarce, 175 to 1,199 · Rare, 25 to 174 · Super rare, 5 to 24 · Unicorn, fewer than 5.
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