How many Mercedes-Benz 300SL are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 108,718 on the road Built 1967-1993 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The name belongs first to the Gullwing of 1954, the fuel-injected coupe with roof-hinged doors that grew out of a Le Mans winner, and to the roadster that followed it. Mercedes brought the badge back in 1985 for the six-cylinder version of the R107 SL and kept it for the first years of the wedge-shaped R129 that arrived in 1989.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1986: 11 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1986 | 11 |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1988 | 4 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1993 | 3 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 43 still registered, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 61st of the 102 Mercedes-Benz models and equal 1,377th 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.