How many LDV V80s are left in New Zealand?
Uncommon 1 in 1,492 on the road Built 2012-2026 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A British-designed van with a second life. It was launched in the mid-2000s as the LDV Maxus, built in Birmingham, and when LDV collapsed in 2009 the Chinese firm SAIC bought the design and moved production to China. It returned to export markets as the LDV V80.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2017: 479 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 31 |
| 2014 | 239 |
| 2015 | 293 |
| 2016 | 433 |
| 2017 | 479 |
| 2018 | 440 |
| 2019 | 347 |
| 2020 | 269 |
| 2021 | 356 |
| 2022 | 163 |
| 2023 | 73 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigger Man | 319 | Scarce | |
| Biggest Man | 291 | Scarce | |
| Big Man | 282 | Scarce |
What Uncommon means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 3,133 still registered, the LDV V80 is Uncommon: the grade for cars with 1,200 to 7,999 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 15 LDV models and 240th 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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