How many Toyota Comforts are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 1,168,718 on the road Built 1997-2011 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A plain rear-wheel-drive sedan designed from the start as a taxi, launched in 1995 and made until 2017. With its upright cabin, big boot and simple running gear it became the standard cab in Japan, and in Hong Kong too. The taller JPN Taxi replaced it.
Still on the road, by model year
3 from 1997 and 1 from 2011.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 4 still registered, the Toyota Comfort is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 136th of the 150 Toyota models and equal 2,380th 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.