How many Bedford HA are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1971-1972 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small van based on the Vauxhall Viva HA of 1963. The car was replaced within three years but the van carried on for two decades, largely because British fleets such as the Post Office kept buying it. There was also an estate car conversion called the Beagle.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1971 and 1 from 1972.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Bedford HA is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 10th of the 12 Bedford 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?
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.