How many Ferrari 212s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1952 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
An early road and race Ferrari of 1951 to 1953, with the Colombo V12 enlarged to about 2.6 litres. Each was bodied to order by a coachbuilder such as Vignale, Touring, Ghia or Pinin Farina, whose long partnership with Ferrari began on this model. A pair of 212s finished first and second in the 1951 Carrera Panamericana in Mexico.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1952.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Ferrari 212 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 45th of the 50 Ferrari 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.
Seen one?
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