How many REO Royales are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1931 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
REO was the company Ransom E. Olds founded after leaving Oldsmobile, and the name is his initials. The Royale of 1931 was its finest car, a straight-eight with flowing bodywork by Amos Northup that is counted among the first American production cars shaped with streamlining in mind.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1931.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the REO Royale is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 2,668th of the 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.
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