How many Morris 250JU are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,558,291 on the road Built 1971-1972 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A forward-control van from BMC, sold with Austin or Morris badges from 1967 as the replacement for the J2. The driver sat over the front wheels, which gave a long load space in a short vehicle, and it came as a van, a pick-up, a minibus or a bare chassis for coachbuilders.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1971 and 2 from 1972.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 3 still registered, the Morris 250JU is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 27th of the 28 Morris models and equal 2,454th 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?
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