How many Daimler Vanden Plas are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 166,960 on the road Built 1970-1984 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Vanden Plas was the London coachbuilder that finished the most luxurious Daimlers of the 1970s and early 1980s. The Double-Six and Sovereign Vanden Plas were long-wheelbase saloons based on the Jaguar XJ, trimmed to a higher standard than the regular cars with richer leather, wood and paint.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1974 | 8 |
| 1976 | 3 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 5 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1984 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 28 still registered, the Daimler Vanden Plas is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 6th of the 16 Daimler models and equal 1,544th 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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