How many Lotus Eclats are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 934,974 on the road Built 1976-1979 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A fastback 2+2 launched in 1975 as the sleeker sister of the wedge-shaped Lotus Elite, sharing its backbone chassis, fibreglass body and Lotus's own 16-valve 2 litre engine. It was the lighter of the two, and in 1982 it was developed into the Excel.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1976: 2 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 5 still registered, the Lotus Eclat is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 12th of the 15 Lotus models and equal 2,281st 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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