In August 2019 the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,993

In August 2019 a total of 16,169 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 11,974 were automobiles. First registrations decreased by 7.5 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In August the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,993, which was 16.8 per cent down from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 18.5 per cent. These data are based on the Traffic Affairs Register of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) 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 2019 a total of 133,306 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an decrease of 5.6 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to August period was 79,492, which is 12.8 per cent down from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to August period were Toyota, Volkswagen and Skoda.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2019. Statistics Finland, Traficom

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Updated 5.9.2019

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): First registrations of motor vehicles [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-365X. August 2019. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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