How many Oldsmobile Vistacruisers are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1968-1972 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Oldsmobile's glass-roofed station wagon, launched in 1964. Until 1972 the roof stepped up behind the front seats, with a skylight across the step and tinted glass along the sides, a feature it shared only with Buick's Sport Wagon. A 1969 Vista Cruiser was the family car handed down to Eric Forman in the television comedy That '70s Show.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1968 and 1 from 1972.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Oldsmobile Vistacruiser is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 7th of the 13 Oldsmobile 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.