How many Ford Corsairs are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 233,744 on the road Built 1964-1970 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A British Ford of the mid-1960s that sat between the Cortina and the Zephyr. It used a stretched Cortina floorpan under a sharp-nosed body inspired by the Ford Thunderbird, and from 1965 it switched to Ford's new V4 engines. It was dropped in 1970, its place taken by the larger Cortina Mark III.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1968: 6 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1964 | 1 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 6 |
| 1970 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 20 still registered, the Ford Corsair is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 78th of the 126 Ford models and equal 1,684th 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.