How many Lancia Kappas are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1919 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Lancia's first new model after the First World War, launched in 1919 as a development of the pre-war Theta: a large tourer with a four-cylinder engine of nearly 5 litres. Lancia named its early cars after Greek letters, and this one came a few years before the Lambda that made the firm's engineering name.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1919.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Lancia Kappa is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 15th of the 21 Lancia models and equal 2,668th 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.