How many Toyota Sparky are left in New Zealand?
Unicorn 1 in 2,337,436 on the road Built 2000-2001 Japanese import
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A Daihatsu Atrai 7 with Toyota badges, sold from 2000 to 2003. It was a microvan stretched to take a third row of seats and fitted with a 1.3-litre engine, which put it outside Japan's kei-car rules. Few vehicles carry seven people in so little road space.
Still on the road, by model year
1 from 2000 and 1 from 2001.
What Unicorn means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 2 still registered, the Toyota Sparky is Unicorn: the grade for cars with fewer than 5 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 139th of the 150 Toyota models and equal 2,524th 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.