How many Hillman Wizards are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1931 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A six-cylinder car that the Rootes brothers launched with great fanfare in 1931, at the Royal Albert Hall, as a British car for world markets. It arrived in the depths of the Depression and never sold as hoped, and it was the smaller Minx, launched soon after, that made Hillman's fortune.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1931.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Hillman Wizard is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 10th of the 12 Hillman models and equal 2,668th 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.