How many Nissan Navaras are left in New Zealand?
Common 1 in 81 on the road Built 1985-2026 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Nissan's one-tonne ute. The Navara name, taken from a region of northern Spain, arrived in the mid-1980s with the D21 and has carried on through the D22, the bigger D40 of 2005 and the D23 of 2014, which put coil springs under the back of most double cabs. In other markets the same trucks are called Frontier or simply Pick-up.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2018: 3,522 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 29 |
| 1986 | 166 |
| 1987 | 209 |
| 1988 | 247 |
| 1989 | 305 |
| 1990 | 432 |
| 1991 | 266 |
| 1992 | 330 |
| 1993 | 264 |
| 1994 | 385 |
| 1995 | 330 |
| 1996 | 434 |
| 1997 | 432 |
| 1998 | 613 |
| 1999 | 570 |
| 2000 | 576 |
| 2001 | 589 |
| 2002 | 740 |
| 2003 | 734 |
| 2004 | 946 |
| 2005 | 1,164 |
| 2006 | 1,710 |
| 2007 | 2,045 |
| 2008 | 1,814 |
| 2009 | 1,100 |
| 2010 | 1,821 |
| 2011 | 1,914 |
| 2012 | 2,335 |
| 2013 | 2,478 |
| 2014 | 2,326 |
| 2015 | 2,905 |
| 2016 | 2,933 |
| 2017 | 2,893 |
| 2018 | 3,522 |
| 2019 | 3,179 |
| 2020 | 2,292 |
| 2021 | 3,511 |
| 2022 | 1,961 |
| 2023 | 1,127 |
| 2024 | 1,882 |
| 2025 | 2,476 |
| 2026 | 1,413 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| D21 | 1985–1997 | 2,889 | Uncommon |
| First generation · D22 | 1997–2004 | 6,079 | Uncommon |
| Second generation · D40 | 2004–2021 | 17,292 | Common |
| Third generation · D23 | 2014–2025 | 28,305 | Common |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST-X | 17,789 | Common | |
| ST | 10,775 | Common | |
| RX | 5,937 | Uncommon | |
| Venturer | 4,950 | Uncommon | |
| SL | 4,149 | Uncommon | |
| DX | 3,524 | Uncommon | |
| PRO-4X | 2,449 | Uncommon | |
| ST-R | 77 | Rare | |
| Tekna | 7 | Rare |
What Common means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 57,398 still registered, the Nissan Navara is Common: the grade for cars with 8,000 or more left.
By how many are left it ranks 1st of the 102 Nissan models and 16th 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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