How many Wolseley 6/80 are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 179,803 on the road Built 1948-1954 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The classic British police car of the early 1950s. Built from 1948 to 1954, it shared its body with the Morris Six but had the upright Wolseley grille and a 2.2-litre overhead-camshaft six-cylinder engine. It turns up in countless British films of the period, bell ringing.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1954: 11 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 1 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1952 | 6 |
| 1953 | 3 |
| 1954 | 11 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 26 still registered, the Wolseley 6/80 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 9th of the 23 Wolseley models and equal 1,575th 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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