How many NSU 1000s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1971 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small rear-engined saloon from NSU of Neckarsulm, launched in 1964 as a bigger brother to the Prinz 4. Its air-cooled overhead-camshaft four sat across the tail, and the oval headlamps make it easy to pick. The sporting TT and TTS versions, usually seen with the engine lid propped open for cooling, were giant-killers in racing and hillclimbs.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1971.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the NSU 1000 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 2nd of the 4 NSU models and equal 2,668th 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.