How many Hillman 14s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1939-1955 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Hillman's large family saloon of the late 1930s, a roomy four-cylinder car of just under two litres. After the war the Rootes Group moved the design upmarket by rebadging it as the first Humber Hawk, leaving Hillman to concentrate on the Minx.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1939 and 1 from 1955.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Hillman 14 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 9th of the 12 Hillman 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?
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.