How many Oldsmobile F85s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1964 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Oldsmobile's compact of 1961, launched with a small aluminium V8 and, in the Jetfire version, one of the world's first turbocharged production engines. For 1964 the F-85 grew into a conventional mid-sized car, and that year's 4-4-2 option package began Oldsmobile's muscle car line.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1964.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Oldsmobile F85 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 9th of the 13 Oldsmobile 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?
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