How many Triumph Roadsters are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 584,359 on the road Built 1939-1949 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The first Triumph built after the Standard takeover, made from 1946 to 1949 as the 1800 and then the 2000 Roadster. Its party piece is a dickey seat in the tail with its own fold-up windscreen, the last on a production car. Many know it as the car driven by the detective in the television series Bergerac.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1948: 3 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1939 | 1 |
| 1947 | 2 |
| 1948 | 3 |
| 1949 | 2 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 8 still registered, the Triumph Roadster is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 21st of the 25 Triumph 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.