How many Austin 1100s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 59,934 on the road Built 1963-1975 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Part of the BMC 1100 family designed by Alec Issigonis, a bigger Mini with front-wheel drive, Pininfarina styling and fluid-linked Hydrolastic suspension. The Austin version arrived in 1963, and the range was Britain's best-selling car for most of the 1960s. Basil Fawlty famously thrashed one with a tree branch in Fawlty Towers.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1975: 23 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1964 | 2 |
| 1965 | 2 |
| 1966 | 4 |
| 1967 | 7 |
| 1968 | 7 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1972 | 7 |
| 1973 | 14 |
| 1974 | 9 |
| 1975 | 23 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 78 still registered, the Austin 1100 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 15th of the 40 Austin models and equal 1,131st 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?
Spotto grades every car on New Zealand roads by how many are still registered, down to the generation and the badge. Log the ones you spot, build a collection, and see who else has found one.