How many Pontiac Torpedos are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1948 American
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A Pontiac name of the 1940s. It first went on the big new body of 1940, and from 1942 meant the smaller and cheaper of the two Pontiac lines, below the Streamliner, with a six or a straight eight. It lasted until the 1949 models arrived.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1948.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Pontiac Torpedo is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 25th of the 29 Pontiac 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.