1971
Busiest manufacture year
About 59 still registered — about 34% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Mazda RX-2
172
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
7 manufacture years from 1970 to 1976. 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
1971
Busiest manufacture year
About 59 still registered — about 34% of this model’s total.
1970
Rarest for its year
About 11 still registered. Rarer than 99% of other 1970 vehicles still registered.
7
Build years still on the road
From 1970 to 1976, as at 31 Jan 2025.
NSW
Most registered in
About 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | About 11 | 6.4% | Rarer than 99% of other 1970 vehicles still registered |
| 1971 | About 59 | 34% | Rarer than 88% of other 1971 vehicles still registered |
| 1972 | About 31 | 18% | Rarer than 92% of other 1972 vehicles still registered |
| 1973 | About 42 | 24% | Rarer than 89% of other 1973 vehicles still registered |
| 1974 | About 23 | 13% | Rarer than 94% of other 1974 vehicles still registered |
| 1975 | About 3 | 1.7% | Not ranked |
| 1976 | About 3 | 1.7% | Not ranked |
About 81,300 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Mazda RX-2.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Mazda RX-2 vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Up about 18% 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 146 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 156 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 155 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 159 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 172 |
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 100 |
| VIC | About 14 |
| QLD | About 42 |
| WA | Not published |
| SA | About 4 |
| TAS | Not published |
| ACT | About 7 |
| 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