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Published: 11 January 2016

In December 2015 the number of new passenger cars registered was 7,920

In December 2015 a total of 12,885 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 9,210 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 18.0 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In December the number of new passenger cars registered was 7,920, which was 11.7 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 40.3 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 December period of 2015 a total of 172,767 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was a decrease of 0.8 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to December period was 108,812, which was 2.4 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to December period were Volkswagen, Toyota and Skoda.

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

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Updated 11.01.2016