How many Bentley 3.5 Litres are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 467,487 on the road Built 1934-1943 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The first Bentley built after Rolls-Royce bought the company in 1931. Launched in 1933 and made at Derby, it used a tuned version of the Rolls-Royce 20/25 engine in a lower, sportier chassis and was advertised as the Silent Sports Car. All were bodied by outside coachbuilders.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1934: 6 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1934 | 6 |
| 1935 | 2 |
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1943 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 10 still registered, the Bentley 3.5 Litre is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 13th of the 22 Bentley models and equal 1,977th 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.