How many Mercury Montereys are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 82,015 on the road Built 1950-1972 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Mercury's mainstay full-size car for more than twenty years. The name first appeared in 1950 on a dressed-up coupe and became a full model line in 1952, sitting at different times at the top, middle and bottom of the range as other names came and went. Cars from the mid-1960s offered the Breezeway rear window, which sloped backwards and could be lowered.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1962: 9 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1953 | 2 |
| 1954 | 2 |
| 1955 | 4 |
| 1956 | 3 |
| 1957 | 3 |
| 1959 | 3 |
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1961 | 3 |
| 1962 | 9 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1965 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 57 still registered, the Mercury Monterey is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 20 Mercury models and equal 1,267th 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.