1973
Busiest manufacture year
About 86 still registered — about 36% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Datsun 240Z
236
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
4 manufacture years from 1970 to 1973. A few records outside this range are too small to publish reliably. 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
1973
Busiest manufacture year
About 86 still registered — about 36% of this model’s total.
1970
Rarest for its year
About 29 still registered. Rarer than 91% of other 1970 vehicles still registered.
6.7%
Share of all Datsun
About 236 of about 3,520 Datsun vehicles still registered.
4
Build years still on the road
From 1970 to 1973, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | About 5 | 2.1% | Not ranked |
| 1970 | About 29 | 12% | Rarer than 91% of other 1970 vehicles still registered |
| 1971 | About 71 | 30% | Rarer than 85% of other 1971 vehicles still registered |
| 1972 | About 39 | 17% | Rarer than 88% of other 1972 vehicles still registered |
| 1973 | About 86 | 36% | Rarer than 73% of other 1973 vehicles still registered |
| 1974 | About 3 | 1.3% | Not ranked |
| 1975 | About 3 | 1.3% | Not ranked |
About 59,300 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Datsun 240Z.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Datsun 240Z vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
About the same 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 235 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 232 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 233 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 226 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 236 |
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
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| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 35 |
| VIC | About 36 |
| QLD | About 90 |
| WA | About 23 |
| SA | About 39 |
| TAS | About 9 |
| ACT | About 7 |
| NT | About 3 |
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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