How many Nissan March are left in New Zealand?
Common 1 in 339 on the road Built 1986-2022 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Nissan's small hatchback since 1982, known in most export markets as the Micra. The rounded second generation of 1992 was the first Japanese car to be named European Car of the Year. The oddest is the first-generation March Super Turbo, which had both a supercharger and a turbocharger on a 930 cc engine.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2005: 1,487 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 11 |
| 1993 | 12 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1995 | 18 |
| 1996 | 99 |
| 1997 | 133 |
| 1998 | 91 |
| 1999 | 70 |
| 2000 | 122 |
| 2001 | 95 |
| 2002 | 805 |
| 2003 | 379 |
| 2004 | 1,292 |
| 2005 | 1,487 |
| 2006 | 1,312 |
| 2007 | 1,106 |
| 2008 | 1,166 |
| 2009 | 623 |
| 2010 | 922 |
| 2011 | 874 |
| 2012 | 489 |
| 2013 | 328 |
| 2014 | 465 |
| 2015 | 790 |
| 2016 | 579 |
| 2017 | 246 |
| 2018 | 159 |
| 2019 | 52 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second generation · K11 | 1992–2003 | 678 | Scarce |
| Third generation · K12 | 2002–2010 | 8,581 | Common |
| Fourth generation · K13 | 2010–2022 | 4,489 | Uncommon |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST-L | 735 | Scarce | |
| ST | 419 | Scarce | |
| TI | 398 | Scarce | |
| Collet | 32 | Rare | |
| Nismo | 27 | Rare | |
| Bolero | 17 | Rare |
What Common means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 13,772 still registered, the Nissan March is Common: the grade for cars with 8,000 or more left.
By how many are left it ranks 9th of the 102 Nissan models and 68th 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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