How many Lincoln Mark III are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1969-1970 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Continental Mark III, a personal luxury coupe launched in 1968 on Ford Thunderbird underpinnings. Lee Iacocca wanted a rival for the Cadillac Eldorado, and gave it an upright Rolls-Royce-style grille, hidden headlights and a spare-wheel shape pressed into the boot lid. It used Ford's 460 cubic inch V8.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1969 and 1 from 1970.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Lincoln Mark III is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 10th of the 16 Lincoln models and equal 2,524th 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.