How many Mercedes-Benz 190s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 32,240 on the road Built 1956-2002 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Mercedes used this number three times for its smaller four-cylinder saloon: on the rounded Ponton of 1956, on the Fintail of the early 1960s, and on the compact W201 launched in 1982, the car everyone called the Baby Benz. That last one was built like the big cars, only smaller, and became the ancestor of the C-Class.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1990: 27 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1957 | 3 |
| 1958 | 4 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1963 | 4 |
| 1964 | 4 |
| 1965 | 3 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1986 | 6 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 24 |
| 1990 | 27 |
| 1991 | 16 |
| 1992 | 16 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | 42 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 145 still registered, the Mercedes-Benz 190 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 36th of the 102 Mercedes-Benz models and equal 926th 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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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.