How many Nash Lafayettes are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 274,992 on the road Built 1934-1939 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
LaFayette started as a luxury make of the early 1920s that Charles Nash had a hand in. Nash revived the name in 1934 for a lower-priced six-cylinder car to pull in Depression buyers, first as its own brand and then, from 1937, as the cheapest Nash. It was dropped after 1940 in favour of the new Nash 600.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1937: 5 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1934 | 1 |
| 1935 | 1 |
| 1936 | 3 |
| 1937 | 5 |
| 1938 | 2 |
| 1939 | 5 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 17 still registered, the Nash Lafayette is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 10 Nash models and equal 1,748th 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.