How many Pontiac Astres are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1974-1976 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Pontiac's version of the Chevrolet Vega, a subcompact sold in Canada from 1973 and in the United States from 1975 to 1977. It came as a hatchback, a notchback and a small wagon, and shared the Vega's aluminium-block four-cylinder engine along with its reputation for trouble.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1974 and 1 from 1976.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Pontiac Astre is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 23rd of the 29 Pontiac models and equal 2,524th 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.