How many Nash Metropolitans are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 161,202 on the road Built 1956-1962 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
An American idea built in England. Nash wanted a small second car for commuters and had Austin build it at Longbridge from 1953, with Austin engines and running gear under a body that looked like a big Nash shrunk in the wash. It was sold as a Nash, a Hudson and finally just as a Metropolitan, as a hardtop or convertible, until the early 1960s.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1958: 17 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 3 |
| 1957 | 4 |
| 1958 | 17 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 29 still registered, the Nash Metropolitan is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 10 Nash models and equal 1,532nd 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.