How many Mercedes-Benz 350SLC are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 246,046 on the road Built 1971-1978 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
An SL roadster turned into a four-seat coupe: a longer wheelbase, a fixed roof and slatted panels in the rear side windows. The 350SLC, with the 3.5-litre V8, was the first of them, arriving a few months after the roadster in the early 1970s. The SLC did the job of the big Mercedes coupe until the SEC took over in 1981.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1973: 12 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 |
| 1973 | 12 |
| 1974 | 2 |
| 1975 | 2 |
| 1978 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 19 still registered, the Mercedes-Benz 350SLC is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 70th of the 102 Mercedes-Benz models and equal 1,700th 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.