1966
Busiest manufacture year
About 12 still registered — about 22% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Volvo 122
54
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
9 manufacture years from 1962 to 1970. 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
1966
Busiest manufacture year
About 12 still registered — about 22% of this model’s total.
1967
Rarest for its year
About 11 still registered. Rarer than 99% of other 1967 vehicles still registered.
9
Build years still on the road
From 1962 to 1970, as at 31 Jan 2025.
QLD
Most registered in
About 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | About 3 | 5.6% | Not ranked |
| 1963 | About 7 | 13% | Not ranked |
| 1964 | About 5 | 9.3% | Not ranked |
| 1965 | About 6 | 11% | Not ranked |
| 1966 | About 12 | 22% | Rarer than 99% of other 1966 vehicles still registered |
| 1967 | About 11 | 20% | Rarer than 99% of other 1967 vehicles still registered |
| 1968 | About 3 | 5.6% | Not ranked |
| 1969 | About 4 | 7.4% | Not ranked |
| 1970 | About 3 | 5.6% | Not ranked |
About 259,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Volvo 122.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Volvo 122 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 40 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 43 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 46 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 48 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 54 |
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 16 |
| VIC | About 6 |
| QLD | About 19 |
| WA | Not published |
| SA | About 6 |
| TAS | Not published |
| ACT | About 4 |
| 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