How many Fiat 509s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,168,718 on the road Built 1925-1926 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small car launched in 1925 with an overhead-camshaft engine of just under a litre, advanced for something so cheap. Fiat sold it on instalments through its own finance company, a new idea in Italy, and it became the firm's best seller of the late 1920s.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1925 and 2 from 1926.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 4 still registered, the Fiat 509 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 49th of the 63 Fiat models and equal 2,380th 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.