How many Nissan Leopards are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 166,960 on the road Built 1982-1997 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Nissan's luxury coupe line of the 1980s. The second-generation F31 of 1986 is the one remembered: a two-door V6 coupe aimed at the Toyota Soarer, made famous in Japan as the detectives' car in the television series Abunai Deka. Later Leopards were four-door saloons, one of them sold in America as the Infiniti J30.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1996: 15 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1996 | 15 |
| 1997 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 28 still registered, the Nissan Leopard is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 79th of the 102 Nissan models and equal 1,544th 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.