How many Alfa Romeo 159s are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 13,281 on the road Built 2006-2012 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Successor to the 156, launched in 2005 as a sedan and Sportwagon. Giorgetto Giugiaro worked with Alfa's own studio on the shape, and its face of three round lamps a side came from his Brera concept. It was a bigger, heavier and more solid car than the one it replaced.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2007: 101 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 30 |
| 2007 | 101 |
| 2008 | 71 |
| 2009 | 43 |
| 2010 | 39 |
| 2011 | 39 |
| 2012 | 27 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 JTD | 90 | Rare | |
| TI | 87 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 352 still registered, the Alfa Romeo 159 is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 6th of the 29 Alfa Romeo models and equal 688th 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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