How many Toyota ED are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 186,995 on the road Built 1993-1997 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The Carina ED was a very low four-door hardtop built on Celica underpinnings, launched in 1985. The first cars had no centre pillars, and with a coupe roofline it was a huge hit in Japan that set off a wave of imitators. Three generations were made before it ended in 1998.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1994: 7 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1997 | 7 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 25 still registered, the Toyota ED is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 125th of the 150 Toyota models and equal 1,591st 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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