How many Morgan Plus 8s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 82,015 on the road Built 1969-2018 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
In 1968 Morgan dropped the light alloy Rover V8 into its Plus 4, creating one of the fastest-accelerating cars of its day in a body from the 1930s. The Plus 8 was built that way until 2004, growing wider and more powerful along the way. The name returned from 2012 to 2018 on a car with a BMW V8 and the aluminium chassis of the Aero.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 4 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1972 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 57 still registered, the Morgan Plus 8 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 8 Morgan models and equal 1,267th 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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