How many Jowett Jupiters are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 359,606 on the road Built 1950-1951 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A sports car built on Javelin mechanicals from 1950 to 1954. Its tubular chassis was designed by Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, formerly of Auto Union, and carried the Javelin's flat-four engine. It won its class at Le Mans three years running, from 1950 to 1952.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1950 and 11 from 1951.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 13 still registered, the Jowett Jupiter is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 3 Jowett models and equal 1,862nd 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.