How many Buick Skylarks are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 53,124 on the road Built 1954-1978 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The first Skylark was a limited-run luxury convertible built to mark Buick's fiftieth anniversary in 1953. The name returned in 1961 on a compact with an aluminium V8, the engine Rover later bought and used for decades, and grew into the mid-size car that spawned the Gran Sport muscle cars.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1964: 13 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1954 | 1 |
| 1962 | 7 |
| 1963 | 4 |
| 1964 | 13 |
| 1965 | 7 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1967 | 8 |
| 1968 | 7 |
| 1969 | 6 |
| 1970 | 12 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1972 | 8 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 7 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 88 still registered, the Buick Skylark is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 24 Buick models and equal 1,094th 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.