How many Morris 12/4 are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 173,143 on the road Built 1935-1947 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A middle-sized Morris family saloon of the later 1930s. The name follows the British habit of the time: twelve taxable horsepower and four cylinders. It was a conventional car on a separate chassis, a step up from the Morris Ten for buyers who wanted more room rather than more speed.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1936: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1935 | 2 |
| 1936 | 8 |
| 1937 | 5 |
| 1938 | 3 |
| 1939 | 7 |
| 1941 | 1 |
| 1947 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 27 still registered, the Morris 12/4 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 13th of the 28 Morris models and equal 1,559th 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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