How many Pontiac 6s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 166,960 on the road Built 1926-1966 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Pontiac began in 1926 as a companion make to General Motors' Oakland, offering a six-cylinder engine at close to the price of a four. The slogan was Chief of the Sixes. It sold so well that it outlived its parent: Oakland was dropped in the early 1930s and Pontiac carried on.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1929: 6 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1926 | 1 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 6 |
| 1930 | 2 |
| 1937 | 5 |
| 1938 | 3 |
| 1939 | 4 |
| 1940 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1958 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 28 still registered, the Pontiac 6 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 10th of the 29 Pontiac models and equal 1,544th 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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