How many Ford Rancheros are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 31,587 on the road Built 1957-1979 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A car with a pickup tray. Ford launched the Ranchero for 1957, two years before Chevrolet's rival El Camino, though Australians had been building coupe utes for decades. Over 22 years it was based in turn on the full-size Ford, the compact Falcon and the Fairlane and Torino.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1959: 20 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1957 | 17 |
| 1958 | 14 |
| 1959 | 20 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1965 | 6 |
| 1966 | 10 |
| 1967 | 6 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 7 |
| 1970 | 10 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1972 | 13 |
| 1973 | 4 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2 |
| 1979 | 5 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 148 still registered, the Ford Ranchero is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 47th of the 126 Ford models and equal 915th 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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