How many Rover 14s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,558,291 on the road Built 1925-1936 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A name taken from the British horsepower tax rating and used by Rover on several mid-range cars between the wars. The best known is the small six-cylinder Fourteen of the 1930s, built under the Wilks brothers as Rover moved away from cheap cars towards well-finished saloons for professional people.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1925: 1 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1932 | 1 |
| 1936 | 1 |
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 3 still registered, the Rover 14 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 29th of the 30 Rover models and equal 2,454th 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.