How many Mitsubishi Pajero iO are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 14,166 on the road Built 1998-2006 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small Pajero launched in 1998, shorter and narrower than the full-size one but with real four-wheel-drive hardware, including low range. It came with three or five doors and petrol engines from 1.6 to 2.0 litres. In Europe it was sold as the Pajero Pinin, after Pininfarina, which built it in Italy. The name iO is Italian for I.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2000: 103 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 92 |
| 1999 | 58 |
| 2000 | 103 |
| 2001 | 47 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 330 still registered, the Mitsubishi Pajero iO is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 24th of the 68 Mitsubishi models and 709th 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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