How many Oldsmobile Series 60s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1939-1946 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The smallest and cheapest Oldsmobile from 1939 to 1948, usually with a side-valve six. Its place in history comes from 1940, when Oldsmobile became the first make to offer the Hydra-Matic, the first fully automatic gearbox built in volume, and it could be ordered even on the Series 60.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1939 and 1 from 1946.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Oldsmobile Series 60 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 7th of the 13 Oldsmobile 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?
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