How many Mercury Montclairs are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 203,255 on the road Built 1955-1965 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A premium full-size Mercury of the mid-1950s, long and low with two-tone paint. The 1955 Sun Valley version had a tinted transparent panel over the front seats. The name returned from 1964 to 1968 in the middle of the big Mercury range, including Breezeway sedans whose reverse-slanted rear window wound down for ventilation.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1964: 7 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1955 | 2 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1957 | 5 |
| 1959 | 2 |
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1964 | 7 |
| 1965 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 23 still registered, the Mercury Montclair is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 20 Mercury models and equal 1,626th 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.