How many Sunbeam IMP are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 83,480 on the road Built 1967-1970 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Hillman Imp sold under the Sunbeam name, most often as the twin-carburettor Imp Sport. The Imp was the Rootes Group's rival to the Mini, launched in 1963 and built at Linwood in Scotland, with an all-aluminium overhead-cam engine in the tail derived from a Coventry Climax design.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1970: 32 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 20 |
| 1970 | 32 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 56 still registered, the Sunbeam IMP is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 6 Sunbeam models and equal 1,271st 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.