How many Willys Overlands are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 119,869 on the road Built 1911-1952 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Overland cars were built in the United States from 1903, and John North Willys bought the firm in 1908 and moved it to Toledo, Ohio. For much of the 1910s Willys-Overland was the second-biggest car maker in America, behind only Ford. The company later became famous for the Jeep.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1929: 4 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1913 | 1 |
| 1914 | 2 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1926 | 3 |
| 1927 | 2 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 4 |
| 1930 | 3 |
| 1931 | 1 |
| 1937 | 1 |
| 1938 | 2 |
| 1939 | 4 |
| 1940 | 1 |
| 1941 | 1 |
| 1942 | 1 |
| 1952 | 2 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 39 still registered, the Willys Overland is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 6 Willys models and equal 1,420th 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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