How many Vauxhall 14/40 are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1925-1927 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The mainstay of Vauxhall's range in the mid 1920s, a well-made four-cylinder car of about 2.3 litres that grew out of the 14 horsepower model of 1922. It belongs to the years either side of General Motors buying the Luton firm in 1925, when Vauxhalls were still costly, carefully engineered cars.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1925 and 1 from 1927.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Vauxhall 14/40 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 30th of the 38 Vauxhall 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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