How many Toyota Classics are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1998 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A retro curiosity from 1996: a sedan styled after Toyota's first passenger car, the AA of 1936, and built on the chassis of a Hilux ute. Only around 100 were made, with two-tone paint, a leather interior and a 2.0-litre petrol engine.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1998.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Toyota Classic is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 147th of the 150 Toyota 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.