How many Isuzu Trooper II are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1987 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The American-market name for the first-generation Isuzu Trooper, the square-rigged four-wheel drive that Japan knew as the Bighorn. It went on sale in the United States in the mid-1980s as a plain, good-value alternative to the Jeep Cherokee and Toyota 4Runner.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1987.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Isuzu Trooper II is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 23rd of the 23 Isuzu models and equal 2,668th 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.