How many Citroen DS are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 19,642 on the road Built 1957-1983 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Unveiled at the 1955 Paris motor show looking like nothing else on the road, with hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension, powered steering and brakes, and front discs when almost nothing had them. The name sounds like déesse, French for goddess. A DS carried President de Gaulle out of an ambush in 1962 on shot-out tyres. It was built until 1975.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 58 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1960 | 4 |
| 1961 | 2 |
| 1962 | 1 |
| 1963 | 6 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1966 | 7 |
| 1967 | 18 |
| 1968 | 2 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1970 | 14 |
| 1971 | 25 |
| 1972 | 23 |
| 1973 | 36 |
| 1974 | 58 |
| 1975 | 8 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 4 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 7 |
| 1983 | 1 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| D Super | 40 | Rare | |
| Pallas | 38 | Rare | |
| ID19 | 35 | Rare | |
| D Special | 25 | Rare | |
| DS21 | 15 | Rare | |
| DS23 | 14 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 238 still registered, the Citroen DS is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 7th of the 37 Citroen models and 785th 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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