How many Alvis Silver Eagles are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,558,291 on the road Built 1930-1934 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The six-cylinder Alvis that sat above the 12/50 from 1929. It gave the firm a smoother, faster car to sell and came in everything from saloons to open sports tourers. It led on to the larger and better-known Speed 20.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1930 and 1 from 1934.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 3 still registered, the Alvis Silver Eagle is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 5th of the 15 Alvis models and equal 2,454th 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.
Seen one?
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