How many Singer Bantams are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 779,145 on the road Built 1936-1938 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small family car launched in 1936 to take on the Morris Eight and Ford Eight, which it resembled. Unlike them it had an overhead-camshaft engine, a Singer hallmark. It was built until the outbreak of the Second World War, by which time Singer was slipping from its place among Britain's biggest makers.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1937: 4 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1937 | 4 |
| 1938 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 6 still registered, the Singer Bantam is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 8th of the 11 Singer models and equal 2,199th 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.