How many Buick Estates are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 779,145 on the road Built 1957-1990 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Estate Wagon was Buick's name for its big station wagons over half a century, from the timber-bodied woodies of the 1940s through to the long rear-wheel-drive V8 wagons of the 1970s and 1980s with imitation woodgrain down their sides. They were among the largest family cars ever built.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1957: 1 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1957 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 6 still registered, the Buick Estate is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 16th of the 24 Buick models and equal 2,199th 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.