1996
Busiest manufacture year
About 79 still registered — about 64% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Ford Taurus
124
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
3 manufacture years from 1996 to 1998. 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
1996
Busiest manufacture year
About 79 still registered — about 64% of this model’s total.
1997
Rarest for its year
About 37 still registered. Rarer than 98% of other 1997 vehicles still registered.
3
Build years still on the road
From 1996 to 1998, as at 31 Jan 2025.
VIC
Most registered in
About 35 registered there. State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
Each row is a year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Open a year for history, state split, and rarity.
About 113,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Ford Taurus.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Ford Taurus vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Down about 51% 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 255 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 212 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 173 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 146 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 124 |
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 25 |
| VIC | About 35 |
| QLD | About 23 |
| WA | About 11 |
| SA | About 12 |
| TAS | About 11 |
| ACT | About 3 |
| NT | Not published |
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