How many McLaren MP4-12C are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 137,496 on the road Built 2012-2014 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The first car from McLaren Automotive, launched in 2011, and the starting point for every McLaren road car since. It had a one-piece carbon-fibre tub, a twin-turbo 3.8 litre V8 and hydraulically linked suspension that did without anti-roll bars. The name was later shortened to 12C.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2014: 15 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 15 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider | 12 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 34 still registered, the McLaren MP4-12C is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 18 McLaren models and equal 1,469th 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.
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