How many Delage D8s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1929-1930 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The grand Delage, launched at the 1929 Paris show with a 4-litre straight-eight. It was sold as a bare chassis and bodied by the best French coachbuilders, among them Chapron, Letourneur et Marchand and Figoni. The results were regulars at concours events in the 1930s and remain so today.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1929 and 1 from 1930.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Delage D8 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 1st of the 3 Delage 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?
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