How many Fiat 503s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1926 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The successor to the Fiat 501, introduced in 1926 as a development of the same 1.5-litre four-cylinder car with a revised chassis and bodywork. It had a short life, built for only a couple of years in a decade when Fiat was renewing its range quickly.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1926.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Fiat 503 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 50th of the 63 Fiat 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?
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