How many Honda Ballades are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1984-1994 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small four-door sedan based on the Civic, launched in Japan in 1980 and sold a little upmarket of it. Its place in history is British: the first Ballade was built under licence as the Triumph Acclaim, and the second was the basis of the first Rover 200. The CRX also began life in Japan as the Ballade Sports CR-X.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1984 and 1 from 1994.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Honda Ballade is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 62nd of the 68 Honda models and equal 2,524th 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.