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Published: 6 February 2017

In January 2017 the number of new passenger cars registered was 12,742

In January 2017 a total of 18,079 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 14,590 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 12.1 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In January the number of new passenger cars registered was 12,742, which was 8.0 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 36.2 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.

First registrations of passenger cars

The most common passenger car makes first registered in January 2017 were Toyota, Volkswagen and Skoda. The most common passenger car models were Skoda Octavia, Nissan Qashqai, Opel Astra, Volkswagen Golf and Toyota Yaris.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2017. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency

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Updated 6.2.2017