How many Commer 1500s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 292,180 on the road Built 1948-1973 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Commer's forward-control van, launched in Britain in 1960 with a Hillman car engine under a cover between the front seats. Its front wheels sat noticeably closer together than the rears, a quirk of the car suspension it borrowed. It carried on with few changes as the PB and then the Spacevan into the early 1980s, largely thanks to orders from the British telephone service.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1948: 2 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 2 |
| 1949 | 1 |
| 1950 | 2 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1965 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 16 still registered, the Commer 1500 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 6 Commer models and equal 1,776th 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.