How many Chevrolet Nationals are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 84,998 on the road Built 1928-1929 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Last of the four-cylinder Chevrolets, the 1928 Series AB came a year before the six arrived. It gained a longer wheelbase and brakes on all four wheels, and sold in huge numbers while Ford was still getting its new Model A into full production.
Still on the road, by model year
53 from 1928 and 2 from 1929.
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 55 still registered, the Chevrolet National is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 28th of the 89 Chevrolet models and equal 1,277th 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.