How many Aston Martin 15/98 are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1937-1938 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Aston Martin's 2-litre car of the late 1930s, which replaced the 1.5-litre models the firm had built for a decade. The name gave its taxable horsepower and its real output. It was a more comfortable, touring-minded car than the stark sports models before it, sold as a saloon, tourer and drophead.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1937 and 1 from 1938.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Aston Martin 15/98 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 16th of the 21 Aston Martin 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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