How many MG Ctypes are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1931 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A pure racing Midget of 1931, known as the Montlhéry Midget after the French track where a prototype set class speed records. With a 750cc overhead-cam engine, sometimes supercharged, it filled the leading places in the Brooklands Double Twelve on its first outing and did much to build MG's competition name.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1931.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the MG Ctype 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.
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.