How many Cord 812s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1937 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The 1937 version of the Cord 810, Gordon Buehrig's low, front-wheel-drive design with a wraparound louvred bonnet nicknamed the coffin nose and headlamps that wound out of the wings by hand crank. A Lycoming V8 drove it, with a supercharger offered on the 812 and marked by chrome exhaust pipes out of the bonnet sides. Production ended that year.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1937.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Cord 812 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 2 Cord 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.