How many TVR 3000S are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1979-1980 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The open version of TVR's 3000M, built in 1978 and 1979 with the 3.0-litre Ford V6. It was the company's first proper convertible, with a cut-down door line and removable side screens. Only a few hundred were made, and it later inspired the TVR S series of the late 1980s.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1979 and 1 from 1980.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the TVR 3000S is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 8th of the 11 TVR models and equal 2,524th 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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