How many Toyota Seras are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 88,205 on the road Built 1990-1995 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
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A small coupe with a glass canopy and doors that swing up and forward, sold only in Japan from 1990. Under the glass it is an ordinary small Toyota with a 1.5-litre engine. Gordon Murray has said the Sera's doors were the inspiration for those of the McLaren F1.
Butterfly doors; a Japan-only oddity with a small NZ following.
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 53 still registered, the Toyota Sera is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 113th of the 150 Toyota models and equal 1,293rd 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.