New car registration drops 20% in October

A total of 13,659 new motor vehicles were registered in October, of which 9,060 were automobiles, according to the Statistics Finland.

First registrations decreased by 10.9 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

In October the number of new private cars registered was 7,499, which was 20.0 per cent down from the year before.

The share of new diesel-driven private cars was 13.5 per cent.

These data are based on the Traffic Affairs Register of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) and the numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.

In the January to October period, a total of 145,328 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the figure of the year before, there was a decrease of 10.4 per cent.

The number of private cars first registered in the January to October period was 80,903, which is 16.9 per cent down from that in the year before.

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