How many Smart Roadsters are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 133,568 on the road Built 2002-2006 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A tiny two-seat sports car built from 2003 to 2005, with a turbocharged three-cylinder engine of under 700cc behind the seats. It weighed very little, had removable roof panels and came as a Roadster or a glass-backed Roadster-Coupe. The slow automated gearbox was its weak point, and Smart lost money on it.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2005: 12 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 8 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 4 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brabus | 5 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 35 still registered, the Smart Roadster is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 6 Smart models and equal 1,454th 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.