How many Lincoln Continentals are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 18,775 on the road Built 1939-2011 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Lincoln's best-known name. It began in 1939 as a one-off for Edsel Ford, long-bonneted with the spare wheel mounted outside the boot, and went into production soon after. The clean, slab-sided 1961 car with rear-hinged back doors is the other landmark. The name was used on and off until 2020.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1979: 24 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1939 | 1 |
| 1942 | 1 |
| 1947 | 2 |
| 1948 | 1 |
| 1949 | 1 |
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1 |
| 1959 | 3 |
| 1960 | 3 |
| 1961 | 4 |
| 1962 | 11 |
| 1963 | 13 |
| 1964 | 6 |
| 1965 | 9 |
| 1966 | 23 |
| 1967 | 13 |
| 1968 | 9 |
| 1969 | 14 |
| 1970 | 3 |
| 1971 | 3 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1973 | 13 |
| 1974 | 10 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 10 |
| 1977 | 19 |
| 1978 | 14 |
| 1979 | 24 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 249 still registered, the Lincoln Continental is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 16 Lincoln models and equal 768th 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.
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