How many Daihatsu MAX are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 212,494 on the road Built 1973-1978 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A kei car of the 1970s. The Fellow Max arrived in 1970 as Daihatsu's first front-wheel-drive car, with a two-cylinder engine of 360cc, later enlarged to 550cc when the rules changed. It became the Max Cuore in 1977, which makes it the ancestor of the Cuore and Mira that followed.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 9 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 4 |
| 1974 | 9 |
| 1975 | 2 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 4 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 22 still registered, the Daihatsu MAX is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 23rd of the 33 Daihatsu models and equal 1,643rd 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.
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