How many Saab Sonetts are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,558,291 on the road Built 1967-1971 British
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small fibreglass sports coupe that Saab built in the late 1960s and early 1970s, mainly for the American market. It used the front-wheel-drive running gear of the Saab 96, at first with the two-stroke engine and then the Ford V4. The Sonett III of 1970 had sharper Italian-influenced styling and pop-up headlamps.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1967: 1 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 |
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 3 still registered, the Saab Sonett is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 8th of the 8 Saab models and equal 2,454th 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.