How many Lotus 2-Elevens are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,558,291 on the road Built 2008-2017 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A track-day car with number plates, launched in 2007 on the bones of the Lotus Exige S. It has no roof, no doors and barely a windscreen, and its supercharged 1.8 litre Toyota engine has very little weight to push. The name nods to the Lotus Eleven sports racer of the 1950s.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2008: 1 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 3 still registered, the Lotus 2-Eleven is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 13th of the 15 Lotus models and equal 2,454th 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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