How many left / Armstrong Siddeley
How many Armstrong Siddeley Whitleys are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 584,359 on the road Built 1951-1952 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A sports saloon added to Armstrong Siddeley's range in 1949, with the larger 2.3-litre version of the firm's six-cylinder engine. Like its Lancaster, Hurricane and Typhoon sisters it took its name from an aircraft, the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber.
Still on the road, by model year
5 from 1951 and 3 from 1952.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 8 still registered, the Armstrong Siddeley Whitley is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 5 Armstrong Siddeley models and equal 2,076th 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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