How many AE86 Toyota Levins and Truenos are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 77,915 on the road Built 1983-1987 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The last rear-wheel-drive Corolla, sold from 1983 to 1987 as the Corolla Levin and the Sprinter Trueno. Light, simple and powered by the 1.6-litre twin-cam 4A-GE, it was cheap to buy and easy to slide, and Japan's drifters made it their own. The manga and anime Initial D turned it into one of the best-known Japanese cars in the world. Fans call it the hachi-roku, eight-six.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1985: 19 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 12 |
| 1984 | 12 |
| 1985 | 19 |
| 1986 | 14 |
| 1987 | 3 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 60 still registered, the Toyota Corolla Levin / Sprinter Trueno is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 111th of the 150 Toyota models and equal 1,244th 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.