How many Mitsubishi Townbox are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 1999-2018 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A kei-class passenger van launched in 1999, the people-carrying version of Mitsubishi's Minicab microvan, with sliding side doors and seats for four. The original was offered with a turbocharged engine. In later years Mitsubishi stopped building its own and sold a rebadged Suzuki Every Wagon under the name.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 1999 and 1 from 2018.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Mitsubishi Townbox 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?
Spotto grades every car on New Zealand roads by how many are still registered, down to the generation and the badge. Log the ones you spot, build a collection, and see who else has found one.