How many Aston Martin V8s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 424,988 on the road Built 1973-1997 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Aston Martin's big hand-built coupe of the 1970s and 1980s. It grew out of the DBS, took Tadek Marek's 5.3-litre V8 and was made at Newport Pagnell for nearly two decades, as a coupe and a Volante convertible. Timothy Dalton's James Bond drove one in The Living Daylights.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1973: 2 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 2 |
| 1974 | 2 |
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 11 still registered, the Aston Martin V8 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 11th of the 21 Aston Martin models and equal 1,930th 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?
Spotto grades every car on New Zealand roads by how many are still registered, down to the generation and the badge. Log the ones you spot, build a collection, and see who else has found one.