Registration of new cars decreases in 2019

A total of 12,965 new motor vehicles were registered in the country in December last year, of which 9,639 were automobiles.

First registrations increased by 20.7 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year, according to Statistics Finland.

In December the number of new private cars registered was 8,213, which was 33.2 per cent up from the stipulated period of the previous year.

The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 18.0 per cent.

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

In the January to December period of 2019 a total of 189,008 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an decrease of 1.5 per cent.

The number of private cars first registered in the January to December period was 114,199, which is 5.2 per cent down from the year before.

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