How many Lada 2105s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 95,406 on the road Built 1978-1992 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A Soviet family sedan from VAZ in Togliatti, launched at the start of the 1980s as a squared-off update of the Fiat 124-based Lada, with rectangular headlights and black plastic trim. Sold in Britain as the Riva, it was crude, cheap and hard to kill, and it stayed in production in Russia for some thirty years.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1990: 11 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1978 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1983 | 2 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1990 | 11 |
| 1992 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 49 still registered, the Lada 2105 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 4 Lada models and equal 1,323rd 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.