How many Mazda Road Pacers are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,168,718 on the road Built 1975-1976 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
One of the oddest Mazdas: a Holden Premier body shipped from Australia and fitted in Japan with a 13B rotary engine, sold from 1975 as a flagship for officials and executives. The big, heavy sedan was too much for the small engine, it was slow and thirsty, and fewer than a thousand were built.
Still on the road, by model year
3 from 1975 and 1 from 1976.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 4 still registered, the Mazda Road Pacer is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 68th of the 71 Mazda models and equal 2,380th 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.