How many Dodge Diplomats are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1960-1979 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A mid-size rear-wheel-drive sedan, coupe and wagon launched for 1977 and built until 1989. By the 1980s it was one of the last traditional V8 American sedans left, which made it a favourite of police forces and taxi companies, and it turns up as a patrol car in countless films and television shows of the time.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1960 and 1 from 1979.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Dodge Diplomat is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 55th of the 61 Dodge 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.