Alpine
Biggest Sunbeam model
About 92 still registered across all years — about 55% of every Sunbeam.
How rare is your Sunbeam?
About 168 still registered · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
At a glance
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
1964
Rarest for its year
Alpine · about 14 still registered, compared with other cars built in 1964.
20
Build years still on the road
From 1948 to 1969, across 4 models.
About 168
Sunbeam still registered
Every model and build year added together, Australia-wide.
Models still registered
Counts add up every build year for that model. Rarity is the model’s share of all vehicles still registered in Australia.
Totals count cars still registered, not new sales. Small numbers are rounded or hidden, so we say “About”.
Still registered, year by year
How many Sunbeam vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across all models — not new sales in those years.
Up about 49% since 2021
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BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
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| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 113 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 116 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 112 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 107 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 168 |
Age profile of Sunbeam still registered
By year of manufacture, adding up every model. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where they’re registered (state/territory)
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
SA
TAS
ACT
NT
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| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 14 |
| VIC | About 33 |
| QLD | About 52 |
| WA | About 3 |
| SA | About 42 |
| TAS | About 3 |
| ACT | About 6 |
| NT | Not published |
Most registered models
Every build year added together for each model.
Questions about Sunbeam
- How many Sunbeam models are still registered?
- 4 models, each with at least one build year still on the road.
- Which years were the Sunbeam vehicles still registered made in?
- 20 manufacture years from 1948 to 1969.
- Which Sunbeam model has the most still registered?
- Alpine — 55% of every Sunbeam still registered (about 92 of about 168).
- Which Sunbeam is rarest for its age?
- 1964 Alpine — About 14 still registered in Australia. Rarer than 97% of other 1964 vehicles still registered.
- Which states have the most Sunbeam vehicles registered?
- QLD (About 52); SA (About 42). State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
Based on BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2021–2025 (CC BY 3.0 AU; the January 2024 release is CC BY 2.5 AU). Colour: Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Whole Fleet Vehicle Registration Snapshot by Model, Q4 2024 (CC BY 4.0). Oz rare cars is not affiliated with or endorsed by BITRE, the Australian Government or the Victorian Government. Registration counts are not sales, not a valuation, and not advice. Method