How many Mercury Zephyrs are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1978 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A plain, boxy compact launched for 1978 as the twin of the Ford Fairmont, and the first Mercury on the Fox platform that would soon sit under the Mustang. It replaced the Comet, came as a sedan, wagon and the sportier Z-7 coupe, and took its name from the Lincoln-Zephyr of the 1930s.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1978.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Mercury Zephyr is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 17th of the 20 Mercury models and equal 2,524th 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.