How many Mazda 616s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 186,995 on the road Built 1973-1977 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Export name for the piston-engined version of the first Mazda Capella, launched in 1970 as a mid-size sedan and coupe above the Familia. The same body with a rotary engine was the RX-2. It is the ancestor of the 626, which took over the Capella's export role in the late 1970s.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 11 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 3 |
| 1974 | 11 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 4 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 25 still registered, the Mazda 616 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 54th of the 71 Mazda models and equal 1,591st 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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