How many Packard 526s are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 934,974 on the road Built 1928 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Packard's numbers of this period are a code: fifth series, 126-inch wheelbase. That makes the 526 the shorter of the two six-cylinder Packards for 1928, and one of the last, because from 1929 every Packard had a straight eight. It was a quality car aimed at well-off owners who drove themselves.
Still on the road, by model year
5 from 1928.
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 5 still registered, the Packard 526 is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 5th of the 11 Packard models and equal 2,281st 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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