How many Mazda Cosmos are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 40,301 on the road Built 1967-1995 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The 1967 Cosmo Sport was Mazda's first rotary-engined car, a low two-seater that proved the engine could last. The name was later used for a line of large coupes. The last, the Eunos Cosmo of 1990, had the only three-rotor engine ever fitted to a production car, and was among the first cars anywhere with built-in satellite navigation.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1990: 19 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1982 | 7 |
| 1983 | 9 |
| 1984 | 9 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1990 | 19 |
| 1991 | 13 |
| 1992 | 16 |
| 1993 | 11 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 8 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eunos | 55 | Rare |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 116 still registered, the Mazda Cosmo is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 44th of the 71 Mazda models and equal 1,009th 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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