How many Honda Beats are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 146,090 on the road Built 1991-1996 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A mid-engined kei roadster sold from 1991 to 1996. Its 656 cc three-cylinder has no turbo and revs past 8,000. It was the last new Honda launched in Soichiro Honda's lifetime. With the Suzuki Cappuccino and the Autozam AZ-1 it makes up the kei sports cars' ABC.
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 32 still registered, the Honda Beat is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 47th of the 68 Honda models and equal 1,494th 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.