How many Mazda 121s are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 21,249 on the road Built 1976-2001 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A name Mazda has put on very different cars. In the 1970s it was a large piston-engined coupe, twin to the rotary RX-5. From 1987 it was a boxy little hatchback, then in 1991 a rounded small sedan nicknamed the bubble car, and later a tall hatchback that was the first Demio.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1991: 39 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 9 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1989 | 37 |
| 1990 | 23 |
| 1991 | 39 |
| 1992 | 14 |
| 1993 | 25 |
| 1994 | 20 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 26 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLX | 52 | Rare | |
| LX | 12 | Rare |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 220 still registered, the Mazda 121 is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 38th of the 71 Mazda models and equal 807th 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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