How many Humber Super Snipes are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 36,239 on the road Built 1946-1967 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Created in 1938 by putting Humber's biggest six into a smaller, lighter body. During the war it was a British Army staff car, and Field Marshal Montgomery used open tourer versions in North Africa and Europe. After the war it carried on as a large, quiet saloon for bank managers and ministers until 1967.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1966: 28 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 1 |
| 1947 | 2 |
| 1949 | 3 |
| 1950 | 2 |
| 1951 | 4 |
| 1952 | 2 |
| 1953 | 3 |
| 1954 | 7 |
| 1955 | 11 |
| 1957 | 5 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1960 | 4 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1962 | 11 |
| 1963 | 16 |
| 1964 | 4 |
| 1965 | 16 |
| 1966 | 28 |
| 1967 | 2 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 129 still registered, the Humber Super Snipe is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 10 Humber models and equal 971st 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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