How many Buick Roadmasters are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 61,511 on the road Built 1936-1996 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
For two decades from 1936 the Roadmaster was the big, fast Buick near the top of the range, powered by the company's largest straight eight and later its V8. The name came back from 1991 to 1996 on a huge rear-wheel-drive saloon and woodgrain-sided Estate wagon, the last of their kind from Buick.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1993: 10 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1937 | 2 |
| 1940 | 1 |
| 1947 | 4 |
| 1948 | 3 |
| 1949 | 7 |
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1951 | 1 |
| 1952 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 |
| 1954 | 3 |
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1956 | 3 |
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1958 | 1 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1993 | 10 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1995 | 10 |
| 1996 | 7 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 76 still registered, the Buick Roadmaster is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 5th of the 24 Buick models and equal 1,144th 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.