How many Volvo 780s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1990 European
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A two-door coupe designed and built by Bertone in Turin on the running gear of the Volvo 760. Made from 1985 to 1990, it had a lower roofline than the saloon and a hand-finished interior of leather and wood. Only about 8,500 were built.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1990.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Volvo 780 is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 40th of the 41 Volvo 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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