How many Plymouth Plazas are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1955 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The entry-level full-size Plymouth from 1954 to 1958, below the Savoy and Belvedere and, like them, named after a grand hotel. The 1955 models were the first with Virgil Exner's longer, lower Forward Look styling and the first Plymouths to offer a V8.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 1955.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Plymouth Plaza is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 18th of the 18 Plymouth models and equal 2,524th 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.