How many Citroen 2CV are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 22,051 on the road Built 1955-1990 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
France's people's car, launched in 1948 with an air-cooled flat-twin engine, front-wheel drive and a roll-back canvas roof. The brief was a car that could carry a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking one, and the soft, long-travel suspension did it. Citroen built it until 1990, and its shape earned it the nickname Tin Snail.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1985: 48 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1958 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1965 | 3 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1972 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 3 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 6 |
| 1983 | 8 |
| 1984 | 8 |
| 1985 | 48 |
| 1986 | 40 |
| 1987 | 27 |
| 1988 | 19 |
| 1989 | 18 |
| 1990 | 4 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 17 | Rare | |
| Dolly | 14 | Rare | |
| Spécial | 10 | Rare | |
| Special | 3 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 212 still registered, the Citroen 2CV is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 9th of the 37 Citroen models and equal 816th 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.
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