How many Lancia Thesis are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 2004 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A large luxury saloon built from 2001 to 2009, with deliberately old-fashioned styling that looked back to Lancias of the 1950s. It was packed with technology and beautifully trimmed, but buyers in the class stayed with the German makes and it sold slowly.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 2004.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Lancia Thesis 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.