How many Peugeot 205s are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 19,004 on the road Built 1985-1994 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The car that turned Peugeot around. Launched in 1983, the 205 was a pretty, well-packaged small hatchback that sold more than five million. The 205 GTI is on most lists of the best hot hatches ever made, and the mid-engined, four-wheel-drive 205 Turbo 16 won the World Rally Championship in 1985 and 1986.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1990: 77 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 12 |
| 1988 | 44 |
| 1989 | 48 |
| 1990 | 77 |
| 1991 | 35 |
| 1992 | 13 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1994 | 7 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| GTi | 145 | Rare | |
| GR | 18 | Rare | |
| CTI | 15 | Rare | |
| GT | 10 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 246 still registered, the Peugeot 205 is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 17th of the 42 Peugeot models and equal 770th 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.
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