How many Daimler Double-SIX are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 45,387 on the road Built 1973-1997 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Daimler first used the name in the 1920s for its own sleeve-valve V12 cars. It came back in 1972 on the Daimler version of the Jaguar XJ12, with the 5.3-litre V12, the fluted grille and a richer interior, and stayed through successive generations of the big Jaguar saloon until the last 6.0-litre cars of 1997.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 24 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 4 |
| 1974 | 24 |
| 1975 | 8 |
| 1976 | 5 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1984 | 2 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1991 | 4 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1995 | 14 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 103 still registered, the Daimler Double-SIX is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 16 Daimler models and equal 1,045th 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.
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