How many Riley 1.5 are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 194,786 on the road Built 1946-1965 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Two different Rileys carried a 1.5 litre badge. The first was the post-war RM saloon with Riley's own twin-camshaft engine. The second, the One-Point-Five of 1957, was a compact sporting saloon on Morris Minor underpinnings with a twin-carburettor BMC engine, and a sister to the Wolseley 1500.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1962: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 1 |
| 1959 | 2 |
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1961 | 3 |
| 1962 | 8 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1964 | 2 |
| 1965 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 24 still registered, the Riley 1.5 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 5th of the 12 Riley models and equal 1,613th 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.