How many Packard Supers are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 519,430 on the road Built 1933-1953 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Super Eight was the middle rung of Packard's senior cars from 1933, above the Eight and below the Twelve, with a bigger straight eight in a long chassis. The name carried on after the war on the upper-middle models of the range until the early 1950s.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1933: 2 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1933 | 2 |
| 1934 | 1 |
| 1935 | 1 |
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1937 | 1 |
| 1938 | 2 |
| 1953 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 9 still registered, the Packard Super is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 11 Packard models and equal 2,014th 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.