How many Opel Commodores are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1970 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Opel's six-cylinder executive car from 1967, made by putting bigger engines and better trim into the Rekord body, as a saloon or a pillarless coupe. The sporty GS models were the pick. The name is best known for what happened next: Holden borrowed it, and Opel's Rekord body, for its own Commodore in 1978.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1970.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Opel Commodore is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 17th of the 19 Opel models and equal 2,668th 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.