How many Volkswagen Karmanns are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 27,827 on the road Built 1956-1978 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Karmann Ghia: a Beetle in a tailored suit. Sold from 1955 to 1974, it combined the Beetle's chassis and air-cooled engine with a low coupe or convertible body styled by Ghia of Turin and built by Karmann in Osnabrück. It was never fast, but it is one of the prettiest cars Volkswagen has sold.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1965: 18 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1957 | 3 |
| 1958 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1960 | 6 |
| 1961 | 10 |
| 1962 | 10 |
| 1963 | 3 |
| 1964 | 13 |
| 1965 | 18 |
| 1966 | 9 |
| 1967 | 10 |
| 1968 | 8 |
| 1969 | 12 |
| 1970 | 14 |
| 1971 | 17 |
| 1972 | 13 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1974 | 11 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 168 still registered, the Volkswagen Karmann is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 27th of the 48 Volkswagen models and equal 883rd 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.
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