How many Volvo 960s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 95,406 on the road Built 1990-1998 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The top of Volvo's rear-wheel-drive range in the 1990s, launched in 1990 as the successor to the 760. It introduced a new all-aluminium straight-six engine with 24 valves. Late in its life it was renamed the S90 and V90, and with the 940 it closed the line of rear-drive Volvos.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1995: 16 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1995 | 16 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 49 still registered, the Volvo 960 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 23rd of the 41 Volvo models and equal 1,323rd 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.