How many Panther Kallistas are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 667,839 on the road Built 1984-1988 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A 1930s-style roadster from the small British firm Panther, built from 1982 as the replacement for the Lima. It had an aluminium body on a steel chassis and Ford engines, from a 1.6 litre four to the 2.8 litre V6. Panther was Korean-owned by then, and the car ended its life in the early 1990s as the SsangYong Kallista.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1987: 4 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1987 | 4 |
| 1988 | 2 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 7 still registered, the Panther Kallista is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 2 Panther models and equal 2,128th 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.