How many Nash Specials are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1929 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Special Six was the middle of three six-cylinder lines Nash sold in the late 1920s, above the Standard Six and below the Advanced Six. Nash, founded in Kenosha, Wisconsin by former General Motors president Charles Nash, had a name for solid, well-engineered cars at a fair price.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1929.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Nash Special is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 7th of the 10 Nash 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.