How many Lexus IS-F are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 11,265 on the road Built 2008-2014 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Lexus's first proper performance saloon, sold from 2007 to 2014. A 5 litre V8 with cylinder heads developed by Yamaha was squeezed into the compact IS, with an eight-speed automatic and stacked exhaust tips at each corner. It was a Japanese answer to the BMW M3 and Mercedes C 63.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2008: 227 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 227 |
| 2009 | 73 |
| 2010 | 50 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2012 | 20 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| XE20 | 2005–2013 | 411 | Scarce |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 415 still registered, the Lexus IS-F is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 12th of the 21 Lexus models and equal 647th 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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