How many Imperial LE Barons are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1957 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Imperial was Chrysler's separate luxury make from 1955, set against Cadillac and Lincoln, and the LeBaron was its top model from 1957. The name came from a coachbuilder Chrysler had long used. The 1957 cars were Virgil Exner's work, with tall fins and a round gunsight tail-light set into each.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1957.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Imperial LE Baron is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 2,668th of the 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.
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