How many Caterham Super Sevens are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 311,658 on the road Built 1982-2025 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Lotus Seven, carried on. Colin Chapman launched the Seven in 1957 as a bare-bones sports car that could be built from a kit, and when Lotus lost interest in 1973 its dealer Caterham Cars bought the rights. Caterham has built and steadily developed it ever since, still with almost no weight and no frills.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1982: 2 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1982 | 2 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 15 still registered, the Caterham Super Seven is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 1,801st of the 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?
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