In April the number of new passenger cars registered was 11,389

In April 2011 a total of 22,567 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 12,766 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 2.6 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In April the number of new passenger cars registered was 11,389, which was 9.4 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 40.7 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 April period of 2011 a total of 76,946 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 16.2 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to April period was 47,058, which is 19.1 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to April period were Volkswagen, Toyota and Skoda.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2011. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): First registrations of motor vehicles [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-365X. April 2011. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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