How many Toyota Ceres are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 119,869 on the road Built 1992-1998 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Corolla Ceres was a low four-door hardtop built on Corolla running gear from 1992 to 1998, a product of Japan's taste at the time for sleek sedans with frameless door glass. Its twin was the Sprinter Marino. The sportiest versions shared their twin-cam 1.6-litre engine with the Levin.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1996: 9 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 39 still registered, the Toyota Ceres is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 121st of the 150 Toyota models and equal 1,420th 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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