How many Wolseley 1500s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 108,718 on the road Built 1957-1964 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A compact sporting saloon built from 1957 to 1965. It used the floorpan and suspension of the Morris Minor with the bigger 1.5-litre B-series engine, which gave it relaxed performance and long legs. The Riley One-Point-Five was its twin-carburettor sister.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1958: 21 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1958 | 21 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1961 | 5 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1963 | 4 |
| 1964 | 3 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 43 still registered, the Wolseley 1500 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 23 Wolseley models and equal 1,377th 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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