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Published: 4 March 2010

In February 2010 the number of new passenger cars registered was 7,589

In February 2010 a total of 11,726 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 8,399 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 0.1 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In February the number of new passenger cars registered was 7,589, which was 5.6 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 45.2 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.

In the January to February period of 2010 a total of 29,220 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 0.3 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to February period was 19,972, which is 6.5 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to February were Volkswagen, Toyota and Ford.

First registrations of passenger cars

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2010. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency

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