How many Swallow Dorettis are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,558,291 on the road Built 1954-1955 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A British two-seat sports car built for barely two years, 1954 and 1955, by the Swallow Coachbuilding Company of Walsall. Under its hand-finished body sat the engine and running gear of the Triumph TR2 in a tubular steel chassis. Fewer than 300 were made, and the name came from Dorothy Deen, who sold them in California.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1954 and 2 from 1955.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 3 still registered, the Swallow Doretti is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 2 Swallow 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.