How many Cadillac Series 61s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1950 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Cadillac's entry-level car of the 1940s and early 1950s. A 1950 Series 61 coupe has a place in racing history: American sportsman Briggs Cunningham entered a nearly standard one in that year's Le Mans 24 Hours and it finished tenth, helped by Cadillac's new overhead-valve V8.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1950.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Cadillac Series 61 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 22nd of the 23 Cadillac models and equal 2,668th 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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