2019
Busiest manufacture year
About 63 still registered — about 38% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Mercedes-Benz CLS53
166
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
5 manufacture years from 2018 to 2022. 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
2019
Busiest manufacture year
About 63 still registered — about 38% of this model’s total.
2018
Rarest for its year
About 11 still registered. Rarer than 99% of other 2018 vehicles still registered.
5
Build years still on the road
From 2018 to 2022, as at 31 Jan 2025.
VIC
Most registered in
About 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | About 11 | 6.6% | Rarer than 99% of other 2018 vehicles still registered |
| 2019 | About 63 | 38% | Rarer than 99% of other 2019 vehicles still registered |
| 2020 | About 24 | 14% | Rarer than 99% of other 2020 vehicles still registered |
| 2021 | About 30 | 18% | Rarer than 99% of other 2021 vehicles still registered |
| 2022 | About 38 | 23% | Rarer than 99% of other 2022 vehicles still registered |
About 84,300 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Mercedes-Benz CLS53.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Mercedes-Benz CLS53 vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
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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 98 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 107 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 157 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 164 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 166 |
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 56 |
| VIC | About 60 |
| QLD | About 37 |
| WA | About 6 |
| SA | About 10 |
| TAS | Not published |
| ACT | Not published |
| NT | Not published |
How this model is powered, across all years where BITRE publishes it.
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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