How many Rover Vanden Plas are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 212,494 on the road Built 1982-1986 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The luxury version of the Rover SD1. Vanden Plas was an old coachbuilding name owned by British Leyland, and from the start of the 1980s it marked the top SD1, with leather seats, a sunroof and every electric extra as standard. Most had the 3.5 litre V8, later with fuel injection.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1986: 9 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1984 | 4 |
| 1985 | 8 |
| 1986 | 9 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 22 still registered, the Rover Vanden Plas is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 19th of the 30 Rover models and equal 1,643rd 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.