How many Mazda 808s are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 19,081 on the road Built 1972-1978 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 Mazda Grand Familia, a small rear-wheel-drive sedan, coupe and wagon of the 1970s. It is the piston-engined twin of the rotary RX-3, with the same body and a conventional four-cylinder engine, and was sold in Europe as the 818.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1975: 61 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 1 |
| 1973 | 19 |
| 1974 | 37 |
| 1975 | 61 |
| 1976 | 48 |
| 1977 | 49 |
| 1978 | 30 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 245 still registered, the Mazda 808 is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 37th of the 71 Mazda models and equal 774th 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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