How many Reliant Regents are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1948-1951 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
One of Reliant's early three-wheeled delivery vans, built at Tamworth in the years after the Second World War. It had a single front wheel in motorcycle-style forks and a small side-valve engine that Reliant made itself, a design derived from the Austin Seven's. The passenger three-wheelers that made the name famous came later.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1948 and 1 from 1951.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Reliant Regent is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 6 Reliant models and equal 2,524th 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.