How many Jensen 541R are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1958 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The faster version of the Jensen 541, introduced in 1957 with a more powerful 4-litre Austin engine and rack-and-pinion steering. With its light glassfibre body it was among the quickest four-seaters of its time, and it had disc brakes on all four wheels.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1958.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Jensen 541R is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 6th of the 8 Jensen 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?
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