How many Mitsubishi Pistachios are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 2000 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
One of the oddest Mitsubishis: a special version of the Minica kei car made in 1999, fitted with a 1.1-litre direct-injection engine and an early stop-start system in pursuit of very low fuel consumption. Only around fifty were built, and they were offered to local authorities and businesses rather than the public.
Still on the road, by model year
2 from 2000.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Mitsubishi Pistachio is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 65th of the 68 Mitsubishi models and equal 2,524th 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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