How many Isuzu Vehicross are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 89,901 on the road Built 1997-2001 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A concept car that escaped into production. Shown at the 1993 Tokyo motor show and built from 1997 to 2001 with little changed, it was a short three-door on Bighorn running gear with a V6, unpainted lower body cladding and a computer-controlled four-wheel-drive system. Only around 6,000 were made.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1997: 36 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 36 |
| 1998 | 13 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 52 still registered, the Isuzu Vehicross is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 16th of the 23 Isuzu models and equal 1,299th 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?
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