How many Holden Premiers are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 4,638 on the road Built 1962-1980 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Holden's luxury model from 1962 to 1980. It began with the EJ, which offered leather seats, a heater and metallic paint when the ordinary Holden was a plain car, and it sat at the top of each new series through to the HZ. From the late 1960s it was marked out by four headlamps.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 109 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1962 | 7 |
| 1963 | 21 |
| 1964 | 32 |
| 1965 | 17 |
| 1966 | 43 |
| 1967 | 28 |
| 1968 | 37 |
| 1969 | 35 |
| 1970 | 74 |
| 1971 | 65 |
| 1972 | 93 |
| 1973 | 105 |
| 1974 | 109 |
| 1975 | 38 |
| 1976 | 28 |
| 1977 | 88 |
| 1978 | 81 |
| 1979 | 76 |
| 1980 | 31 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1,008 still registered, the Holden Premier is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 18th of the 62 Holden models and 445th 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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