How many Sunbeam Talbots are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 79,235 on the road Built 1938-1956 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A marque the Rootes Group created in 1938 by joining two famous names it had bought. Its best-known cars are the post-war 80 and 90 sports saloons, and the 90 was a formidable rally car in the hands of Stirling Moss and Sheila van Damm. The Talbot half of the name was dropped in the mid-1950s.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1951: 18 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1938 | 1 |
| 1940 | 1 |
| 1946 | 2 |
| 1947 | 3 |
| 1948 | 2 |
| 1950 | 1 |
| 1951 | 18 |
| 1952 | 17 |
| 1953 | 6 |
| 1954 | 3 |
| 1955 | 3 |
| 1956 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 59 still registered, the Sunbeam Talbot is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 6 Sunbeam models and equal 1,251st 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.