How many Chevrolet Corvairs are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 161,202 on the road Built 1960-1968 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
America's only mass-produced car with an air-cooled engine in the back, a flat six, built from 1960 to 1969. Ralph Nader attacked the handling of early cars in his 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed. The turbocharged Monza Spyder of 1962 was among the very first turbo production cars.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1965: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1961 | 3 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1963 | 2 |
| 1964 | 6 |
| 1965 | 8 |
| 1966 | 3 |
| 1968 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 29 still registered, the Chevrolet Corvair is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 41st of the 89 Chevrolet models and equal 1,532nd 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.