How many Austin Princess are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 50,267 on the road Built 1951-1982 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Two very different cars. From 1947 the Princess was Austin's most luxurious model, a large saloon and limousine bodied by Vanden Plas. In 1975 the name returned on British Leyland's wedge-shaped family car, styled by Harris Mann with Hydragas suspension, which was sold as the Princess until 1981.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1979: 20 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1951 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1964 | 3 |
| 1965 | 6 |
| 1966 | 4 |
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2 |
| 1979 | 20 |
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | 18 |
| 1982 | 12 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 93 still registered, the Austin Princess is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 12th of the 40 Austin models and equal 1,076th 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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