How many Willys Jeeps are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 16,120 on the road Built 1911-1974 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The original. Willys-Overland built the MB for the Allied forces from 1941, a light four-wheel drive that went everywhere and gave its name to a whole kind of vehicle. Ford built the same design under licence. After the war Willys turned it into the civilian CJ, the ancestor of every Jeep since.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1942: 144 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1940 | 1 |
| 1941 | 11 |
| 1942 | 144 |
| 1943 | 31 |
| 1944 | 17 |
| 1945 | 7 |
| 1946 | 10 |
| 1947 | 6 |
| 1949 | 3 |
| 1950 | 2 |
| 1951 | 2 |
| 1952 | 9 |
| 1953 | 3 |
| 1954 | 3 |
| 1955 | 3 |
| 1956 | 6 |
| 1957 | 1 |
| 1958 | 3 |
| 1959 | 2 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 4 |
| 1962 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 |
| 1968 | 2 |
| 1974 | 3 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| MB | 27 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 290 still registered, the Willys Jeep is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 6 Willys models and 741st 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.
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