How many Lanchester LD10s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 584,359 on the road Built 1946-1950 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small, well-finished British saloon from Lanchester, by then the junior marque of Daimler. Built from 1946, the Ten had a 1.3 litre engine and the Daimler fluid flywheel with a preselector gearbox, unusual refinement in a car of its size. Lanchester itself was one of Britain's oldest car makers.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1947: 4 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 1 |
| 1947 | 4 |
| 1948 | 1 |
| 1949 | 1 |
| 1950 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 8 still registered, the Lanchester LD10 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 2 Lanchester models and equal 2,076th 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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