How many Hupmobile R are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 246,046 on the road Built 1918-1931 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Hupmobile's mainstay from the end of the First World War to the mid-1920s: a sturdy four-cylinder car, most often seen as an open tourer. It earned the Detroit firm a name for durability before Hupmobile moved on to eight-cylinder engines later in the decade.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1924: 6 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1920 | 3 |
| 1921 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1931 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 19 still registered, the Hupmobile R is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 2 Hupmobile models and equal 1,700th 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.