In August 2015 the number of new passenger cars registered was 8,402

In August 2015 a total of 13,023 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 9,719 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 3.1 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In August the number of new passenger cars registered was 8,402, which was 11.7 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 31.9 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 2015 a total of 119,438 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an decrease of 2.8 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to August period was 74,214, which is 0.6 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 Skoda.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2015. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency

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Updated 04.09.2015

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): First registrations of motor vehicles [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-365X. August 2015. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 23.12.2024].
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