How many Aston Martin DB Mark III are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1957-1958 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Final development of the DB2 line, built from 1957 to 1959. It introduced the grille shape Aston Martin has used in some form ever since, and offered front disc brakes. In Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger this, not the DB5, is the Aston that James Bond drives.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1957 and 1 from 1958.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Aston Martin DB Mark III is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 16th of the 21 Aston Martin models and equal 2,524th 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.