How many Cadillac Eldorados are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 34,887 on the road Built 1953-2001 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Cadillac's glamour model for fifty years. It started in 1953 as a costly limited-run convertible, wore the famous fins of 1959, and in 1967 became a sharp-edged front-wheel-drive coupe. In the 1970s it carried an 8.2-litre V8, one of the largest engines ever put in a production car.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1976: 13 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1953 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 |
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1958 | 2 |
| 1959 | 6 |
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1963 | 2 |
| 1964 | 2 |
| 1965 | 1 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1967 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1970 | 4 |
| 1971 | 11 |
| 1972 | 8 |
| 1973 | 8 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1975 | 7 |
| 1976 | 13 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 6 |
| 1979 | 4 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 2 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biarritz | 10 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 134 still registered, the Cadillac Eldorado is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 23 Cadillac models and equal 956th 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.