How many Wolseley 15/50 are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 292,180 on the road Built 1956-1958 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Wolseley 4/44 updated for 1956 with BMC's 1.5-litre B-series engine in place of the older MG unit, and a floor gear change. It kept Gerald Palmer's graceful body, which it shared in outline with the MG Magnette. It ran until 1958, when the Farina-styled 15/60 replaced it.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1957: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1957 | 8 |
| 1958 | 6 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 16 still registered, the Wolseley 15/50 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 11th of the 23 Wolseley models and equal 1,776th 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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