How many Toyota IST are left in New Zealand?
Common 1 in 482 on the road Built 2002-2015 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A small, tall hatchback with chunky SUV-like styling, built on Vitz running gear from 2002. It sold very strongly in Japan at first, and went to the United States as the Scion xA. The second generation of 2007 was sold there as the Scion xD and in Europe as the Urban Cruiser.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2004: 3,997 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1,467 |
| 2003 | 663 |
| 2004 | 3,997 |
| 2005 | 2,079 |
| 2006 | 585 |
| 2007 | 499 |
| 2008 | 279 |
| 2009 | 64 |
| 2010 | 49 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 |
By generation
How many of each generation are still registered.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| First and second generations · XP60/XP110 | 2002–2016 | 9,693 | Common |
What Common means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 9,693 still registered, the Toyota IST is Common: the grade for cars with 8,000 or more left.
By how many are left it ranks 19th of the 150 Toyota models and 97th 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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