How many Tesla Roadsters are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 2012 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Tesla's first car, built from 2008 to 2012 around a chassis based on the Lotus Elise and assembled with help from Lotus in England. It was the first production electric car to run on lithium-ion cells and could cover more than 300 km on a charge. About 2,500 were made, and one was launched into space on a SpaceX rocket in 2018.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 2012.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Tesla Roadster is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 5th of the 5 Tesla models and equal 2,668th 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.