How many Standard Nines are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 779,145 on the road Built 1932-1937 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 from the Standard Motor Company of Coventry, sold in various forms from the late 1920s and through the 1930s. Cheap to run and well put together, cars like this made Standard one of Britain's big six carmakers. Swallow, the firm that became Jaguar, built special bodies on Standard Nine chassis.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1937: 3 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1932 | 1 |
| 1933 | 1 |
| 1935 | 1 |
| 1937 | 3 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 6 still registered, the Standard Nine is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 5 Standard 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.