How many Mercedes-Benz SLC are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 59,934 on the road Built 1973-2020 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Two unrelated cars share this name. The first is the four-seat coupe stretched from the SL roadster in the 1970s, with slatted rear side windows and, in 450SLC form, an unlikely rallying career. The second is the small folding-hardtop roadster of 2016, which was simply the SLK renamed, and which ended the line when it was dropped in 2020.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2016: 27 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 2 |
| 2016 | 27 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 1 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLC 180 | 38 | Rare | |
| SLC 200 | 21 | Rare | |
| SLC 300 | 8 | Rare | |
| SLC 43 | 8 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 78 still registered, the Mercedes-Benz SLC is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 46th of the 102 Mercedes-Benz models and equal 1,131st 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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