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Published: 6 March 2017

In February 2017 the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,164

In February 2017 a total of 13,997 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 10,663 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 1.9 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In February the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,164, which was 5.2 per cent down from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 33.7 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 February period of 2017 a total of 32,080 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 7.4 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to February period was 21,908, which is 2.1 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to February period were Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2017. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency

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Updated 6.3.2017