How many Daihatsu Tafts are left in New Zealand?
Super rare 1 in 667,839 on the road Built 1977-2021 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A name used twice. The first Taft was a small, jeep-like four-wheel drive built from 1974 to 1984, sold in some markets as the Scat, and the forerunner of the Rugger and Rocky. Daihatsu revived the name in 2020 for something quite different: a boxy kei-class crossover with a glass roof.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1978: 3 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 3 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
What Super rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 7 still registered, the Daihatsu Taft is Super rare: the grade for cars with 5 to 24 left.
By how many are left it ranks 25th of the 33 Daihatsu models and equal 2,128th 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.