How many Vauxhall VX220s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 389,573 on the road Built 2000-2005 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A mid-engined two-seat roadster built for Vauxhall by Lotus from 2000 to 2005, alongside the Elise and on a similar bonded aluminium chassis. It used a 2.2-litre General Motors engine, later a turbocharged 2.0. In Europe it was the Opel Speedster. Light and direct, it drove nothing like any other Vauxhall.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2004: 5 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 12 still registered, the Vauxhall VX220 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 19th of the 38 Vauxhall models and equal 1,896th 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.