In September 2020 the number of new passenger cars registered was 8,424

In September 2020 a total of 14,556 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 9,888 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 6.6 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In September the number of new passenger cars registered was 8,424, which was 0.2 per cent down from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 11.9 per cent. These data are based on the Traffic Affairs Register of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) 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 2020 a total of 131,664 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an decrease of 10.4 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to September period was 73,403, which is 16.5 per cent down from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to September period were Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2020. Statistics Finland, Traficom

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ISSN=2342-365X. September 2020. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.4.2024].
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