How many Rover 75s are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 21,444 on the road Built 1946-2007 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A number Rover used twice, fifty years apart. The first 75s were the post-war P3 and the P4 of 1949, whose early cars had a central fog lamp in the grille that earned the nickname Cyclops. The second, launched in 1998 under BMW ownership, was a deliberately traditional saloon and the last all-new Rover.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2000: 51 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 1 |
| 1948 | 4 |
| 1949 | 4 |
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1951 | 9 |
| 1952 | 8 |
| 1953 | 4 |
| 1954 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1999 | 37 |
| 2000 | 51 |
| 2001 | 29 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 18 |
| 2004 | 19 |
| 2005 | 21 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connoisseur | 51 | Rare | |
| Connoisseur Saloon | 22 | Rare | |
| Club | 15 | Rare | |
| V8 | 4 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 218 still registered, the Rover 75 is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 30 Rover models and equal 809th 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.
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