How many Bolwell Nagaris are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1972 Australian
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Australia's best-known home-grown sports car, built by the Bolwell brothers in Melbourne from 1970. The Nagari put a Ford V8 in a light fibreglass body on a backbone chassis, which made it seriously quick for its day. Production was tiny, mostly coupes with a few convertibles.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1972.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Bolwell Nagari is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 2,668th of the 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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