How many MG TB are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,168,718 on the road Built 1939 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A TA with a new heart. In 1939 MG fitted the T-series Midget with the 1250cc XPAG engine, a shorter-stroke, freer-revving unit that would power its sports cars into the 1950s. War stopped production after only a few hundred were made, which makes the TB the T-type built in the smallest numbers.
Still on the road, by model year
4 from 1939.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 4 still registered, the MG TB is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 38th of the 43 MG models and equal 2,380th 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.