How many Chevrolet C8A are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 259,715 on the road Built 1943 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A Second World War military vehicle: the Heavy Utility from the Canadian Military Pattern range, built by General Motors of Canada. It was a short four-wheel-drive truck with an enclosed steel body, used by Commonwealth armies as a personnel carrier, wireless truck and ambulance.
Still on the road, by model year
18 from 1943.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 18 still registered, the Chevrolet C8A is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 47th of the 89 Chevrolet models and equal 1,723rd 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.