1978
Busiest manufacture year
About 36 still registered — about 31% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Datsun 200B
118
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
6 manufacture years from 1968 to 1981. Year of manufacture as recorded on the registry — not model year or compliance plate.
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
1978
Busiest manufacture year
About 36 still registered — about 31% of this model’s total.
1977
Rarest for its year
About 15 still registered. Rarer than 98% of other 1977 vehicles still registered.
3.4%
Share of all Datsun
About 118 of about 3,520 Datsun vehicles still registered.
6
Build years still on the road
From 1968 to 1981, as at 31 Jan 2025.
Each row is a year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Open a year for history, state split, and rarity.
| Year | Still registered | Share of model | Rarity for its year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | About 3 | 2.5% | Not ranked |
| 1977 | About 15 | 13% | Rarer than 98% of other 1977 vehicles still registered |
| 1978 | About 36 | 31% | Rarer than 88% of other 1978 vehicles still registered |
| 1979 | About 25 | 21% | Rarer than 92% of other 1979 vehicles still registered |
| 1980 | About 35 | 30% | Rarer than 82% of other 1980 vehicles still registered |
| 1981 | About 4 | 3.4% | Not ranked |
Years that aren’t listed have fewer than 3 still registered, so BITRE doesn’t publish a count.
About 119,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Datsun 200B.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Datsun 200B vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Down about 13% since 2021
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BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 136 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 129 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 130 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 117 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 118 |
By year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
State figures here are from a different BITRE table than the headline count. They can sum above the national “About” number — do not read these bars as a breakdown of that total.
Tap a bar for its count.
| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 36 |
| VIC | About 11 |
| QLD | About 41 |
| WA | About 10 |
| SA | About 13 |
| TAS | About 9 |
| ACT | About 9 |
| NT | Not published |
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Based on BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2021–2025 (CC BY 3.0 AU; the January 2024 release is CC BY 2.5 AU). Colour: Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Whole Fleet Vehicle Registration Snapshot by Model, Q4 2024 (CC BY 4.0). Oz rare cars is not affiliated with or endorsed by BITRE, the Australian Government or the Victorian Government. Registration counts are not sales, not a valuation, and not advice. Method