How many Toyota Levins are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 5,673 on the road Built 1981-2000 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
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The Corolla Levin was the sporting coupe of the Corolla range in Japan from 1972 to 2000. The name is an old English word for lightning. The rear-drive AE86 is the one everybody knows; the front-drive cars that followed kept the twin-cam engines, some of them supercharged and the last with five valves per cylinder.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1996: 154 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 21 |
| 1984 | 31 |
| 1985 | 11 |
| 1986 | 6 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1989 | 7 |
| 1990 | 9 |
| 1991 | 36 |
| 1992 | 31 |
| 1993 | 35 |
| 1994 | 24 |
| 1995 | 149 |
| 1996 | 154 |
| 1997 | 139 |
| 1998 | 101 |
| 1999 | 47 |
| 2000 | 10 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE85/AE86 | 1983–1987 | 73 | Rare |
| AE111 | 1995–2000 | 591 | Scarce |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ-G | 86 | Rare | |
| XZ | 65 | Rare | |
| BZ-R | 34 | Rare | |
| FZ | 31 | Rare | |
| GT-APEX | 25 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 824 still registered, the Toyota Levin is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 67th of the 150 Toyota models and 484th 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.