How many Volkswagen Beetles are left in New Zealand?
Uncommon 1 in 2,590 on the road Built 1945-2003 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the 1930s as a car ordinary people could afford, with an air-cooled flat-four at the back. Production ran until 2003, the last of them in Mexico, and passed 21 million, more than any other car of a single design.
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1300 | 271 | Scarce | |
| 1200 | 243 | Scarce | |
| 1302 S | 210 | Scarce | |
| 1302 | 54 | Rare | |
| 1303 S | 42 | Rare | |
| 1500 | 17 | Rare | |
| 1303S | 9 | Rare | |
| 1600 | 7 | Rare |
What Uncommon means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1,805 still registered, the Volkswagen Beetle is Uncommon: the grade for cars with 1,200 to 7,999 left.
By how many are left it ranks 12th of the 48 Volkswagen models and 327th 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.