How many Morris Oxfords are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 20,064 on the road Built 1913-1970 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The first Morris of all, in 1913, was an Oxford, and the name stayed on a middle-sized family car for nearly sixty years. The 1920s Bullnose made the firm's fortune. The 1950s Series III had a remarkable afterlife in India, where it was built as the Hindustan Ambassador until 2014. The last Oxfords were the finned Farina saloons of the 1960s.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1965: 22 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1913 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1926 | 3 |
| 1927 | 3 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1933 | 2 |
| 1934 | 1 |
| 1949 | 1 |
| 1950 | 5 |
| 1951 | 2 |
| 1952 | 20 |
| 1953 | 8 |
| 1954 | 8 |
| 1955 | 21 |
| 1956 | 11 |
| 1957 | 20 |
| 1958 | 14 |
| 1959 | 12 |
| 1960 | 11 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1962 | 11 |
| 1963 | 17 |
| 1964 | 18 |
| 1965 | 22 |
| 1966 | 3 |
| 1967 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 233 still registered, the Morris Oxford is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 28 Morris models and equal 792nd 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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