How many Standard 10s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 166,960 on the road Built 1938-1960 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Standard used the Ten name before and after the war. The Flying Ten of the late 1930s was a streamlined small saloon. The post-war Ten, built from 1954 to 1960, was a simple four-door with a 948cc engine, and that engine went on to power the Triumph Herald and, much enlarged, the Spitfire.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1959: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1938 | 2 |
| 1956 | 3 |
| 1957 | 7 |
| 1958 | 7 |
| 1959 | 8 |
| 1960 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 28 still registered, the Standard 10 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 5 Standard models and equal 1,544th 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?
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