How many Lagonda Rapiers are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1934 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Lagonda's small sports car of 1934, with a jewel of an 1100 cc twin-overhead-cam four-cylinder engine, designed by Tim Ashcroft, that loved to rev. Bodies came from outside coachbuilders. When Lagonda changed hands in 1935 the Rapier was carried on for a few years by a separate company.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1934.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Lagonda Rapier is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 1st of the 7 Lagonda models and equal 2,524th 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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