How many Chevrolet Nomads are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 155,829 on the road Built 1955-1969 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
From 1955 to 1957 the Nomad was a two-door sports wagon with a hardtop-style roof and slanted pillars, taken from a 1954 Corvette-based show car. It is the most collectable of the mid-1950s Chevrolets. The name was used afterwards on ordinary four-door wagons.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1956: 8 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 |
| 1956 | 8 |
| 1957 | 7 |
| 1958 | 4 |
| 1959 | 2 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1969 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 30 still registered, the Chevrolet Nomad is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 40th of the 89 Chevrolet models and equal 1,514th 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.