New Car Sales Atlas Beta

How many Hino MERLIN MIX 500 vehicles were sold in Australia in 1996?

See how many Hino MERLIN MIX 500 vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
1996 ×Hino ×MERLIN MIX 500 ×
Hino MERLIN MIX 500s sold
21
1996
Peak year
1995
27 sales
Share of Hino
2.3%
of all Hino sales
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1996, Hino MERLIN MIX 500 recorded 21 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 2.3% of Hino's sales in 1996. The highest annual result in the loaded history was 27 sales in 1995. That was 22.2% lower than the previous full-year result.

2026 vehicle info

Real 2026 vehicle data for Hino MERLIN MIX 500.
2026 price$27,220 to $28,900
2026 drive-away$30,608 to $32,348
Body typeHatchback
PowertrainCombustion
Fuel typePremium Unleaded
DriveFront
TransmissionAutomated Manual Sequential Trans (Amt)
Seats4
Fuel use4.8L/100km
Warranty36 months / 150,000 km
Size (L×W×H)3,571mm × 1,627mm × 1,488mm
Hino MERLIN MIX 500 · Matched internally as Fiat 500

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (1996 · Hino · MERLIN MIX 500).

Sales by year: 1996 · Hino · MERLIN MIX 500

Year-by-year totals for 1996 · Hino · MERLIN MIX 500.
YearTotalvs prev
199621−22.2%
199527—
Data Notice

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Purchase data

Hino model context: MERLIN MIX 500

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Hino range for 1996.
Rank in Hino#15
MERLIN MIX 500 sales21
Share of Hino2.3%
1
HAWK LG 550 FLT
818.9%
2
MERLIN MED 500
808.8%
3
S/EA XLG 1000TI
677.4%
4
SU HAWK LG 550
636.9%
5
HAWK MD 550 FLT
626.8%
6
MERLIN LONG 500
626.8%
7
KESTREL SH 500
424.6%
8
MERLIN MIX 500
212.3%

Key notes: 1996 · Hino · MERLIN MIX 500

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 1996: 21
Hino total in 1996: 911
Model context uses Hino range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /1996/hino/merlin-mix-500
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.