How many Singer Hunters are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 584,359 on the road Built 1949-1956 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The last car from an independent Singer, launched in 1954 as an updated SM1500 with a traditional upright grille and a horse's head mascot on the bonnet. It kept Singer's overhead-cam 1.5 litre engine. Sales were slow, and the Rootes Group took over the company soon afterwards and dropped it.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1956: 5 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1949 | 1 |
| 1955 | 2 |
| 1956 | 5 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 8 still registered, the Singer Hunter is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 6th of the 11 Singer models and equal 2,076th 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.