Cougar
Biggest Mercury model
About 28 still registered across all years — about 53% of every Mercury.
How rare is your Mercury?
About 53 still registered · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
At a glance
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
1969
Rarest for its year
Cougar · about 11 still registered, compared with other cars built in 1969.
10
Build years still on the road
From 1950 to 1970, across 3 models.
About 53
Mercury still registered
Every model and build year added together, Australia-wide.
Models still registered
Counts add up every build year for that model. Rarity is the model’s share of all vehicles still registered in Australia.
| Model | Years | Still registered | Share of all cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar | 1967–1970 | About 28 | <0.1% of all cars |
| Monterey | 1950–1969 | About 15 | <0.1% of all cars |
| Comet | 1963–1964 | About 10 | <0.1% of all cars |
Totals count cars still registered, not new sales. Small numbers are rounded or hidden, so we say “About”.
Still registered, year by year
How many Mercury vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across all models — 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.
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| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 3 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | Not published |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 3 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 3 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 53 |
Age profile of Mercury still registered
By year of manufacture, adding up every model. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where they’re registered (state/territory)
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
SA
TAS
ACT
NT
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| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 6 |
| VIC | About 15 |
| QLD | About 37 |
| WA | Not published |
| SA | Not published |
| TAS | Not published |
| ACT | Not published |
| NT | Not published |
Most registered models
Every build year added together for each model.
Questions about Mercury
- How many Mercury models are still registered?
- 3 models, each with at least one build year still on the road.
- Which years were the Mercury vehicles still registered made in?
- 10 manufacture years from 1950 to 1970.
- Which Mercury model has the most still registered?
- Cougar — 53% of every Mercury still registered (about 28 of about 53).
- Which Mercury is rarest for its age?
- 1969 Cougar — About 11 still registered in Australia. Rarer than 99% of other 1969 vehicles still registered.
- Which states have the most Mercury vehicles registered?
- QLD (About 37); VIC (About 15). State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
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