New car sale increases by 29% in September

The number of new private cars registered in September this year was 8,436, which was 29.1 percent higher from the stipulated period of the last year.

In September 2019 a total of 13,645 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 9,693 were automobiles, according to Statistics Finland.

First registrations increased by 13.5 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

The number of first registrations was lowered towards the end of last year by the new WLTP measuring method for emissions introduced at the beginning of September 2018.

The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 16.3 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.

From January to September period of 2019 a total of 146,956 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was a decrease of 4.1 per cent.

The number of passenger cars first registered from January to September was 87,929, which is 10.0 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.