How many Mazda Sentias are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 123,023 on the road Built 1991-2000 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Mazda's flagship sedan of the 1990s, launched in 1991 to replace the Luce. It was a long, low, rear-wheel-drive car with V6 engines and four-wheel steering, exported as the 929. Production ended around the turn of the century.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1991: 13 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 13 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 38 still registered, the Mazda Sentia is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 51st of the 71 Mazda models and equal 1,429th 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?
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