How many Volvo PV544s are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 4,674,872 on the road Built 1960 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The last of Volvo's humpbacked saloons, built from 1958 to 1965 as an update of the PV444 of the 1940s. It looked old-fashioned even when new but was immensely strong, and it became a formidable rally car. Brothers Joginder and Jaswant Singh won the 1965 Safari Rally in one.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1960.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1 still registered, the Volvo PV544 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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