How many Lotus Elevens are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1989 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small sports racing car of 1956, with a spaceframe chassis, a Coventry Climax engine and a low aluminium body shaped by aerodynamicist Frank Costin. It was hugely successful in its classes, including at Le Mans, and helped establish Lotus. The shape has been reproduced by kit and replica makers ever since.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1989.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Lotus Eleven is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 15th of the 15 Lotus models and equal 2,524th 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.