How many Datsun 240C are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 519,430 on the road Built 1972 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The export name for the Nissan Cedric of the early 1970s when fitted with the 2.4-litre straight-six, the same engine family as the 240Z. It was Datsun's big car, a roomy rear-wheel-drive sedan or wagon with curvy, American-flavoured styling, and it was followed by the 260C.
Still on the road, by model year
9 from 1972.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 9 still registered, the Datsun 240C is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 19th of the 27 Datsun models and equal 2,014th 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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