How many Simca Chambords are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1957 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
One of the upmarket versions of the Simca Vedette, introduced in 1957 with fins, two-tone paint and a wraparound windscreen in the American style. Under the bonnet was a small side-valve V8 inherited from Ford of France. After French production ended the design was built for some years in Brazil.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1957.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Simca Chambord is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 5th of the 6 Simca 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?
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