In September 2016 the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,644

In September 2016 a total of 15,211 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 11,116 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 13.3 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In September the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,644, which was 13.3 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 30.6 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 September period of 2016 a total of 145,198 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 9.3 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to September period was 92,656, which is 12.0 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to September period were Volkswagen, Toyota and Skoda.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2016. 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. September 2016. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
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