New car registration drops 1.2% in Feb

In the January to February period of 2021 a total of 29,005 vehicles were first registered, showing a year-on-year drop of 1.2 per cent.

The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to February period was 17,545, which is 8.0 per cent down from the year before.

A total of 13,776 new motor vehicles were registered in February 2021, of which 9,424 were automobiles, said the Statistics Finland.

First registrations increased by 5.9 per cent from that in the corresponding month of the previous year.

In February, the number of new passenger cars registered was 8,170, which was 1.2 per cent down from the year before.

The share of new electric passenger cars was 4.4 per cent and plug-in hybrid electric cars 21.4 per cent.

A total of 2,104 new electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars were registered, which was 57.2 per cent up from the year before.

The data have been produced by the Statistics Finland. The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.

The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to February period were Toyota, Skoda and Volvo.