How many Reliant Scimitar SS1s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1986 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small two-seat roadster launched in 1984, meant to fill the gap left by the MG Midget and Triumph Spitfire. It had a steel backbone chassis, plastic body panels styled by Michelotti and Ford engines, with a turbocharged Nissan unit added later. The angular looks divided opinion and it never sold as hoped.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1986.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Reliant Scimitar SS1 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 5th of the 6 Reliant models and equal 2,668th 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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