How many Polestar 1s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 2020 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The car that launched Polestar as a brand of its own, after years as Volvo's performance arm. It is a carbon-fibre-bodied plug-in hybrid coupe with around 600 horsepower from a petrol engine up front and electric motors at the back, built in China from 2019 to 2021. Only about 1,500 were made, all in left-hand drive.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 2020.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Polestar 1 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 4th of the 4 Polestar 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.