How many Chevrolet Capitols are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 233,744 on the road Built 1927-1928 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Chevrolet's car for 1927, the Series AA. Its timing was perfect: that was the year Ford stopped production to replace the Model T, and Chevrolet outsold Ford for the first time. The Capitol was a conventional four-cylinder car offered in a wide range of open and closed bodies.
Still on the road, by model year
12 from 1927 and 8 from 1928.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 20 still registered, the Chevrolet Capitol is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 46th of the 89 Chevrolet models and equal 1,684th 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.