How many Buick Series 40s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 133,568 on the road Built 1927-1958 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Series 40 was Buick's factory name for its smallest and most affordable line through much of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. From 1936 it also carried the name Special. For most of that time it shared the look and the overhead-valve straight-eight layout of the grander Buicks above it, in a shorter and lighter package.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1939: 7 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1927 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1930 | 3 |
| 1934 | 3 |
| 1935 | 3 |
| 1936 | 4 |
| 1937 | 4 |
| 1938 | 5 |
| 1939 | 7 |
| 1941 | 1 |
| 1950 | 2 |
| 1958 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 35 still registered, the Buick Series 40 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 9th of the 24 Buick models and equal 1,454th 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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