How many Mercedes-Benz 300TE are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 137,496 on the road Built 1986-1992 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Six-cylinder estate of the W124 range, sold from the mid-1980s with the 3.0-litre straight six and self-levelling rear suspension. A big, quick and carefully built load carrier, it could seat seven with the optional rear-facing bench that folded out of the boot floor, and was offered with 4Matic four-wheel drive.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1992: 7 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1987 | 4 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 5 |
| 1992 | 7 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 34 still registered, the Mercedes-Benz 300TE is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 63rd of the 102 Mercedes-Benz 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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