How many Mercury Cyclones are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 667,839 on the road Built 1968-1971 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Mercury's muscle car, begun as a hot version of the Comet and by 1968 a fastback mid-size coupe in its own right, offered with Ford's big-block V8s. It was built with stock car racing in mind: Cale Yarborough won the 1968 Daytona 500 in one, and the long-nosed Spoiler II of 1969 was made purely to suit the superspeedways.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1968: 2 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1968 | 2 |
| 1969 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 |
| 1971 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 7 still registered, the Mercury Cyclone is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 12th of the 20 Mercury models and equal 2,128th 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.