How many Hillman Minx are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 19,318 on the road Built 1932-1971 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Rootes Group's bread-and-butter family car for nearly forty years, from 1932 to 1970. It was sensible, solid and sold all over the world. The best-known shape is the late-1950s Audax series with its small tail fins, and Isuzu built Minxes under licence in Japan as it learned to make cars.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1964: 33 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1932 | 2 |
| 1933 | 1 |
| 1935 | 4 |
| 1936 | 6 |
| 1937 | 3 |
| 1938 | 1 |
| 1939 | 5 |
| 1940 | 1 |
| 1941 | 1 |
| 1944 | 1 |
| 1945 | 1 |
| 1946 | 7 |
| 1947 | 4 |
| 1948 | 2 |
| 1949 | 2 |
| 1951 | 7 |
| 1952 | 8 |
| 1953 | 1 |
| 1954 | 14 |
| 1955 | 14 |
| 1956 | 8 |
| 1957 | 11 |
| 1958 | 8 |
| 1959 | 9 |
| 1960 | 12 |
| 1961 | 10 |
| 1962 | 4 |
| 1963 | 16 |
| 1964 | 33 |
| 1965 | 23 |
| 1966 | 17 |
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 242 still registered, the Hillman Minx is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 12 Hillman models and 779th 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.