How many Fiat Bambinas are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 14,473 on the road Built 1956-1974 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Bambina is the New Zealand name for the Fiat Nuova 500, the tiny rear-engined car Dante Giacosa designed for 1957. An air-cooled twin of about half a litre sat in the tail, a fabric roof rolled back, and four people could just fit. It put post-war Italy on wheels, stayed in production until 1975 and is one of the best-loved small cars ever made.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1966: 64 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 1 |
| 1957 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1961 | 8 |
| 1962 | 8 |
| 1963 | 12 |
| 1964 | 11 |
| 1965 | 23 |
| 1966 | 64 |
| 1967 | 63 |
| 1968 | 47 |
| 1969 | 29 |
| 1970 | 19 |
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1972 | 10 |
| 1973 | 21 |
| 1974 | 1 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 323 still registered, the Fiat Bambina is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 5th of the 63 Fiat models and equal 712th 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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