How many Alvis Speed 20s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 934,974 on the road Built 1932-1935 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A low, fast 2.5-litre six launched in 1932, and one of the best British sporting cars of its decade. From 1933 it gained independent front suspension and a gearbox with synchromesh on all four gears, among the first cars anywhere to have one. Most wear handsome coachbuilt bodies by firms such as Vanden Plas and Charlesworth.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1935: 3 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1932 | 1 |
| 1933 | 1 |
| 1935 | 3 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 5 still registered, the Alvis Speed 20 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 15 Alvis models and equal 2,281st 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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