How many Mazda Carols are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1964-2016 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
One of Mazda's first cars, a 1962 kei car with a tiny water-cooled four-cylinder engine in the tail and a reverse-sloped rear window. The name was revived in 1989 and has since been used on small Mazdas built on Suzuki Alto running gear.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1964 and 1 from 2016.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Mazda Carol is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks 71st of the 71 Mazda models and equal 2,524th 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.