How many Pontiac GTO are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 55,653 on the road Built 1963-2006 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The car usually credited with starting the muscle car era. In 1964 Pontiac's engineers, led by John DeLorean, slipped a big 389 cubic inch V8 into the mid-sized Tempest as an option pack and borrowed the name from Ferrari. It ran until 1974, with The Judge as its loudest version, and returned from 2004 to 2006 as a rebadged Holden Monaro built in Australia.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1967: 23 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1964 | 2 |
| 1965 | 7 |
| 1966 | 10 |
| 1967 | 23 |
| 1968 | 13 |
| 1969 | 9 |
| 1970 | 7 |
| 1971 | 2 |
| 1972 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 84 still registered, the Pontiac GTO is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 5th of the 29 Pontiac models and equal 1,108th 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.