How many Packard Caribbeans are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1956 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Packard's glamour car from 1953 to 1956, a limited-production convertible at the top of the range. The final 1956 cars had three-tone paint, a big V8 with twin four-barrel carburettors, self-levelling torsion bar suspension and seat cushions that could be flipped between leather and cloth.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1956.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Packard Caribbean 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.
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.