How many Mercury Comets are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 114,021 on the road Built 1960-1974 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A compact launched in 1960 on a stretched Ford Falcon platform. It had been planned for the Edsel brand, and for its first two years it carried no Mercury badges at all. The Comet grew into a mid-size car in the mid-1960s, with V8 Cyclone versions for the muscle car crowd, then returned in the 1970s as a twin of the Ford Maverick.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1964: 17 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 |
| 1963 | 7 |
| 1964 | 17 |
| 1965 | 3 |
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1967 | 3 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caliente | 11 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 41 still registered, the Mercury Comet is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 20 Mercury models and equal 1,399th 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.