How many left / Armstrong Siddeley
How many Armstrong Siddeley Typhoons are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1946-1948 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A two-door sports saloon from Armstrong Siddeley's first post-war range, named after the Hawker Typhoon fighter. It shared its chassis and six-cylinder engine with the Lancaster saloon and the open Hurricane, with a fixed fabric-covered roof in place of the Hurricane's folding hood.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1946 and 1 from 1948.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Armstrong Siddeley Typhoon is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 5 Armstrong Siddeley models and equal 2,524th 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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