How many Mitsubishi Mirages are left in New Zealand?
Common 1 in 549 on the road Built 1979-2024 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Mitsubishi's small car. The first Mirage of 1978 was the company's first front-wheel-drive model, and was sold abroad as the Colt, often with a twin-lever gearbox giving eight forward speeds. Through the 1980s and 1990s it shared its underpinnings with the Lancer and came as a hatch and sedan. Since 2012 the name has been on a light three-cylinder city car built in Thailand.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2016: 828 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 12 |
| 1980 | 22 |
| 1981 | 50 |
| 1982 | 53 |
| 1983 | 30 |
| 1984 | 36 |
| 1985 | 35 |
| 1986 | 32 |
| 1987 | 53 |
| 1988 | 111 |
| 1989 | 69 |
| 1990 | 37 |
| 1991 | 44 |
| 1992 | 71 |
| 1993 | 64 |
| 1994 | 77 |
| 1995 | 65 |
| 1996 | 236 |
| 1997 | 190 |
| 1998 | 118 |
| 1999 | 267 |
| 2000 | 101 |
| 2001 | 71 |
| 2002 | 78 |
| 2003 | 35 |
| 2012 | 167 |
| 2013 | 795 |
| 2014 | 599 |
| 2015 | 812 |
| 2016 | 828 |
| 2017 | 654 |
| 2018 | 394 |
| 2019 | 211 |
| 2020 | 405 |
| 2021 | 495 |
| 2022 | 410 |
| 2023 | 698 |
| 2024 | 91 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third generation · C5 | 1987–1991 | 237 | Scarce |
| Fourth generation · CA | 1991–1995 | 228 | Scarce |
| Fifth generation · CJ | 1995–2003 | 626 | Scarce |
| CQ | 1998–2003 | 451 | Scarce |
| Sixth generation · A0 | 2012–2022 | 6,559 | Uncommon |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| XLS | 4,282 | Uncommon | |
| LS | 914 | Scarce | |
| GLS | 406 | Scarce | |
| Dingo | 359 | Scarce | |
| GLX | 109 | Rare | |
| GL | 80 | Rare | |
| Asti | 54 | Rare | |
| Cyborg | 48 | Rare | |
| Vie | 38 | Rare | |
| Geneva | 34 | Rare | |
| Modarc | 28 | Rare | |
| GLXi | 27 | Rare | |
| Turbo | 7 | Rare |
What Common means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 8,516 still registered, the Mitsubishi Mirage is Common: the grade for cars with 8,000 or more left.
By how many are left it ranks 8th of the 68 Mitsubishi models and 109th 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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