How many Plymouth Valiants are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 424,988 on the road Built 1961-1971 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Chrysler's compact for 1960, launched as a make of its own and badged a Plymouth from 1961. It introduced the Slant Six, an engine tilted over at thirty degrees and renowned for being almost impossible to kill. The American Valiant ran until 1976, and the name had a second life in Australia on Chrysler's own range of family cars.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1971: 3 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1964 | 2 |
| 1965 | 1 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1971 | 3 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 11 still registered, the Plymouth Valiant is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 11th of the 18 Plymouth models and equal 1,930th 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.