How many Pontiac Laurentians are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 25,134 on the road Built 1959-1969 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A Canadian Pontiac. Built at Oshawa, Ontario, Canadian Pontiacs combined Pontiac styling with a Chevrolet chassis and engines to keep the price down, and were also exported in right-hand drive to Commonwealth countries. The Laurentian, named after the mountains of Quebec, was the middle model between the Strato-Chief and the Parisienne.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1966: 38 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1959 | 7 |
| 1960 | 14 |
| 1961 | 12 |
| 1962 | 6 |
| 1963 | 10 |
| 1964 | 10 |
| 1965 | 16 |
| 1966 | 38 |
| 1967 | 32 |
| 1968 | 38 |
| 1969 | 2 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 186 still registered, the Pontiac Laurentian is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 29 Pontiac models and equal 853rd 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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