How many Mitsubishi Express are left in New Zealand?
Uncommon 1 in 3,813 on the road Built 1980-2023 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A van name with two lives. For decades Express was what Mitsubishi called its L300 van in Australia, a forward-control workhorse sold as a panel van and minibus. The badge returned in 2020 on a rebadged Renault Trafic, a result of Mitsubishi joining the Renault-Nissan alliance, and was withdrawn again within a few years.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2021: 566 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2020 | 140 |
| 2021 | 566 |
| 2022 | 477 |
| 2023 | 9 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second generation | 1,192 | Scarce |
What Uncommon means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1,226 still registered, the Mitsubishi Express is Uncommon: the grade for cars with 1,200 to 7,999 left.
By how many are left it ranks 18th of the 68 Mitsubishi models and 404th 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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