How many MG 18/80 are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1930 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A six-cylinder sports tourer launched in 1928, and the car that began to make MG a maker rather than a modifier of Morrises. It had an overhead-camshaft 2.5-litre engine and was the first to wear the upright slatted radiator that MG kept for decades. It was bigger, faster and more refined than anything the firm had offered before.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1930.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the MG 18/80 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 41st of the 43 MG models and equal 2,668th 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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