How many Hyundai I30s are left in New Zealand?
Common 1 in 313 on the road Built 2007-2025 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Hyundai's Golf-sized hatchback, launched in 2007, designed and engineered in Germany and the first of the company's i-numbered cars. Ten years later it produced the i30 N, a hot hatch developed under Albert Biermann, who had come from BMW's M division, and tested at the Nürburgring.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2011: 1,955 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 482 |
| 2009 | 1,317 |
| 2010 | 1,250 |
| 2011 | 1,955 |
| 2012 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 1,269 |
| 2014 | 1,349 |
| 2015 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 792 |
| 2017 | 778 |
| 2018 | 580 |
| 2019 | 608 |
| 2020 | 276 |
| 2021 | 382 |
| 2022 | 243 |
| 2023 | 750 |
| 2024 | 128 |
| 2025 | 8 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| First generation · FD | 2007–2012 | 6,730 | Uncommon |
| Second generation · GD | 2011–2017 | 5,234 | Uncommon |
| Third generation · PD | since 2016 | 2,975 | Uncommon |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite | 4,682 | Uncommon | |
| 1.6 CRDi | 752 | Scarce | |
| Active 2.0 GDI | 436 | Scarce | |
| N | 252 | Scarce | |
| Limited | 163 | Rare | |
| Active | 28 | Rare | |
| N-Line | 25 | Rare | |
| 2.0 GDI | 4 | Rare |
What Common means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 14,939 still registered, the Hyundai I30 is Common: the grade for cars with 8,000 or more left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 40 Hyundai models and 61st 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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