How many Lagonda V12s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1938 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
W. O. Bentley's masterpiece for Lagonda: a 4.5 litre overhead-cam V12 in a chassis with independent front suspension, launched in the late 1930s as one of the fastest and most refined cars in the world. Two lightly prepared cars finished third and fourth at Le Mans in 1939. War ended production.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1938.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Lagonda V12 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 4th of the 7 Lagonda 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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