1960
Busiest manufacture year
About 64 still registered — about 20% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Ford Zephyr
318
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
12 manufacture years from 1954 to 1965. 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
1960
Busiest manufacture year
About 64 still registered — about 20% of this model’s total.
1962
Rarest for its year
About 11 still registered. Rarer than 96% of other 1962 vehicles still registered.
12
Build years still on the road
From 1954 to 1965, as at 31 Jan 2025.
QLD
Most registered in
About 145 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.
| Year | Still registered | Share of model | Rarity for its year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | About 6 | 1.9% | Not ranked |
| 1953 | About 9 | 2.8% | Not ranked |
| 1954 | About 25 | 7.9% | Not ranked |
| 1955 | About 18 | 5.7% | Not ranked |
| 1956 | About 17 | 5.3% | Not ranked |
| 1957 | About 13 | 4.1% | Not ranked |
| 1958 | About 28 | 8.8% | Rarer than 72% of other 1958 vehicles still registered |
| 1959 | About 49 | 15% | Rarer than 61% of other 1959 vehicles still registered |
| 1960 | About 64 | 20% | Rarer than 48% of other 1960 vehicles still registered |
| 1961 | About 14 | 4.4% | Not ranked |
| 1962 | About 11 | 3.5% | Rarer than 96% of other 1962 vehicles still registered |
| 1963 | About 21 | 6.6% | Rarer than 88% of other 1963 vehicles still registered |
| 1964 | About 22 | 6.9% | Rarer than 92% of other 1964 vehicles still registered |
| 1965 | About 14 | 4.4% | Rarer than 96% of other 1965 vehicles still registered |
| 1966 | About 4 | 1.3% | Not ranked |
| 1983 | About 3 | 0.9% | Not ranked |
About 44,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Ford Zephyr.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Ford Zephyr vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Up about 14% 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 280 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 287 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 285 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 302 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 318 |
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 22 |
| VIC | About 39 |
| QLD | About 145 |
| WA | About 53 |
| SA | About 46 |
| TAS | Not published |
| ACT | About 3 |
| NT | Not published |
How this model is powered, across all years where BITRE publishes it.
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