How many Fiat 850s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 64,039 on the road Built 1964-1973 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Fiat's rear-engined small car of the 1960s, launched in 1964 as a step up from the 600. The saloon was the sensible one. The pretty fastback Coupe and the Bertone-built Spider, both from 1965, were the ones people wanted, and they gave a lot of young drivers their first taste of a sports car.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1969: 21 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1964 | 1 |
| 1965 | 1 |
| 1966 | 3 |
| 1967 | 3 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 21 |
| 1970 | 9 |
| 1971 | 19 |
| 1972 | 6 |
| 1973 | 3 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 73 still registered, the Fiat 850 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 19th of the 63 Fiat models and equal 1,159th 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.