How many Fiat 131s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 74,204 on the road Built 1976-1984 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A conventional rear-wheel-drive family saloon launched in 1974 and named Mirafiori after the Turin factory that built it. The surprise was what Abarth did with it: the 131 Abarth Rally won the World Rally Championship for makes in 1977, 1978 and 1980, with Walter Röhrl taking the drivers' title in 1980.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1981: 16 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 4 |
| 1979 | 11 |
| 1980 | 10 |
| 1981 | 16 |
| 1982 | 15 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1984 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 63 still registered, the Fiat 131 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 23rd of the 63 Fiat models and equal 1,223rd 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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