In August 2013 the number of new passenger cars registered was 7,729

In August 2013 a total of 12,971 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 8,776 were automobiles. First registrations decreased by 6.8 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In August the number of new passenger cars registered was 7,729, which was 2.4 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 34.7 per cent. These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency and they have been produced by Statistics Finland. The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.

First registrations of passenger cars

In the January to August period of 2013 a total of 122,453 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was a decrease of 12.8 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to August period was 72,738, which is 10.1 per cent down from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to August period were Volkswagen, Toyota and Ford.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2013. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency

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Updated 5.9.2013

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): First registrations of motor vehicles [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-365X. August 2013. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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