How many Lexus SC are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 23,851 on the road Built 2001-2010 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The SC 430 was a V8 convertible with a folding metal roof, sold from 2001 to 2010 and badged Toyota Soarer in Japan at first. Before it came the SC 300 and SC 400 of the 1990s, sleek coupes that were also Soarers at home, shaped at Toyota's design studio in California.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2001: 38 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 38 |
| 2002 | 36 |
| 2003 | 8 |
| 2004 | 16 |
| 2005 | 24 |
| 2006 | 33 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 196 still registered, the Lexus SC is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 13th of the 21 Lexus models and equal 842nd 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.