Registration of new private cars increases by 6.6% in Jan

A total of 19,244 new motor vehicles were registered in January 2018, of which 15,548 were automobiles, according to Statistics Finland.

First registrations increased by 6.4 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

The number of new passenger cars registered was 13,579 in January, which was 6.6 per cent up from the year before.

The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 25.5 per cent.

The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.

The most common passenger car makes first registered in January 2018 were Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen.

The most common passenger car models were Skoda Octavia, Nissan Qashqai, Toyota Auris, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Golf.