How many MG Mtypes are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 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.
The first MG Midget, launched in 1929. It was based on the Morris Minor of the day, with an 847cc overhead-camshaft engine, and wore a light, pointed-tail body covered in fabric. Cheap to buy and fun to drive, it put a sports car within reach of ordinary buyers and set MG on the course it followed for fifty years.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1930.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the MG Mtype is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 40th of the 43 MG models and equal 2,524th 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.