How many Maserati Khamsins are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1980 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A front-engined V8 grand tourer built from 1974 to 1982, styled by Marcello Gandini at Bertone as the successor to the first Ghibli. Its sharp wedge shape ended in a glass tail panel with the lights set into it. Citroen-derived hydraulics gave it very quick power steering. It is named after a desert wind.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1980.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Maserati Khamsin is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 20th of the 23 Maserati 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?
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