How many Chevrolet 15CWT are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 274,992 on the road Built 1936-1954 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Not a model name so much as a load rating: fifteen hundredweight, or three-quarters of a ton, which is how British and Commonwealth markets classed light trucks. Chevrolets of this size ranged from the pick-ups of the 1930s to the Canadian-built military trucks of the Second World War.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1946: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1942 | 3 |
| 1945 | 1 |
| 1946 | 8 |
| 1947 | 1 |
| 1948 | 2 |
| 1954 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 17 still registered, the Chevrolet 15CWT is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 51st of the 89 Chevrolet models and equal 1,748th 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.