How many Mercedes-Benz 400s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 311,658 on the road Built 1991-1993 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A 4.2-litre V8 badge of the early 1990s. The 400E put that engine into the mid-size W124 saloon, a quieter companion to the Porsche-assembled 500E, while the 400SE and 400SEL were versions of the big W140 S-Class. When Mercedes rearranged its names in 1993 they became the E420 and S420.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1993: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1993 | 8 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEL | 7 | Rare |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 15 still registered, the Mercedes-Benz 400 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 77th of the 102 Mercedes-Benz models and equal 1,801st 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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