How many Cadillac Series 62s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 93,497 on the road Built 1940-1964 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Cadillac's mainstream model from 1940 into the 1960s, and the one on which the brand's best-known styling ideas appeared. The 1948 cars introduced the tailfin, inspired by the P-38 Lightning fighter, the 1949 ones a modern overhead-valve V8, and the 1959 ones the tallest fins of all.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1959: 12 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1940 | 1 |
| 1941 | 1 |
| 1946 | 1 |
| 1947 | 1 |
| 1949 | 3 |
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1951 | 1 |
| 1952 | 1 |
| 1953 | 2 |
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 |
| 1957 | 3 |
| 1958 | 1 |
| 1959 | 12 |
| 1960 | 6 |
| 1961 | 3 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1963 | 4 |
| 1964 | 2 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 50 still registered, the Cadillac Series 62 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 7th of the 23 Cadillac models and equal 1,313th 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?
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