How many Mazda RX4s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 49,209 on the road Built 1973-1980 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The rotary-engined Mazda Luce, launched in 1972 as a sedan, hardtop coupe and wagon. Bigger and plusher than the RX-2 and RX-3, it was the first car to use the 13B engine that Mazda kept developing for decades. Its piston-engined twin was the 929.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1974: 60 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 13 |
| 1974 | 60 |
| 1975 | 8 |
| 1976 | 5 |
| 1977 | 7 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 95 still registered, the Mazda RX4 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 46th of the 71 Mazda models and 1,073rd 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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