How many Rover MGR-V8s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 667,839 on the road Built 1994-1995 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The MG RV8 was a limited run of roadsters built from 1993 to 1995, using a new-made MGB bodyshell with wider wings, a leather and walnut interior and a 3.9 litre Rover V8. It marked the return of MG as a sports car maker. Most were sold new in Japan, and many have since left it.
Still on the road, by model year
6 from 1994 and 1 from 1995.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 7 still registered, the Rover MGR-V8 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 24th of the 30 Rover models and equal 2,128th 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.