How many Mercedes-Benz 220 are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 47,703 on the road Built 1953-2018 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A badge with a long life. In the 1950s the 220 was the six-cylinder Mercedes, first in a body that still looked pre-war and then as the rounded Ponton saloon. From 1968 it became a four-cylinder in the Stroke Eight range, and in recent decades the number has turned up on C and E-Class models, many of them diesels.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1964: 16 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1953 | 2 |
| 1954 | 1 |
| 1955 | 2 |
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1958 | 4 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 | 4 |
| 1963 | 6 |
| 1964 | 16 |
| 1965 | 6 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1969 | 2 |
| 1970 | 3 |
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1974 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 13 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 98 still registered, the Mercedes-Benz 220 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 44th of the 102 Mercedes-Benz models and equal 1,064th 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?
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.