How many Opel GT are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,168,718 on the road Built 1972-1973 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small two-seat coupe on Opel Kadett running gear, built from 1968 to 1973 and often called the baby Corvette for its shape. The bodies were made in France. Its best-known quirk is the headlamps, which do not pop up but roll over sideways when the driver pulls a heavy lever beside the gear stick.
Still on the road, by model year
3 from 1972 and 1 from 1973.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 4 still registered, the Opel GT is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 14th of the 19 Opel models and equal 2,380th 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?
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