How many Buick Marquettes are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 667,839 on the road Built 1929-1930 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A short-lived junior brand launched by Buick in 1929, when General Motors divisions were being given cheaper companion makes. Oddly for a Buick product, the Marquette had a side-valve six instead of overhead valves. It arrived just as the Depression began and was dropped after about a year.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1929 and 5 from 1930.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 7 still registered, the Buick Marquette is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 14th of the 24 Buick models and equal 2,128th 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.