How many Mercury Colony are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,168,718 on the road Built 1960-1966 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Short for Colony Park, the top Mercury station wagon from 1957 until 1991. It was a full-size, V8-powered family hauler recognisable by the imitation wood panelling along its sides, and it was Mercury's counterpart to the Ford Country Squire. The cars of the early 1960s are long, low and typical of Detroit at its most confident.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1960: 1 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 |
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 4 still registered, the Mercury Colony is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 14th of the 20 Mercury 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.