How many Packard 200 Deluxes are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1951 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The 200 was the entry-level Packard of 1951 and 1952, part of the first all-new post-war range with its lower, squarer body. It kept a side-valve straight eight, and the Deluxe added better trim. Packard built it to chase volume, which later management felt had cheapened the name.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1951.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Packard 200 Deluxe is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 10th of the 11 Packard 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.
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