New car registration drops 15% in November

A total of 12,819 new motor vehicles were registered in November, of which 8,748 were automobiles, according to the Statistics Finland.

First registrations decreased by 6.8 per cent from that in the corresponding month of the previous year.

In November the number of new private cars registered was 7,374, which is 15.1 per cent down year on year.

The share of new electric cars was 3.6 per cent and plug-in hybrid electric cars 15.2 per cent.

A total of 1,387 new electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars were registered, which is 61.5 per cent up year on year.

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

In the January to November period of 2020 a total of 158,152 vehicles were first registered.

Compared to the year before, there was a decrease of 10.2 per cent.

The number of private cars first registered in the January to November period was 88,280, which is 16.7 per cent down from the year before.

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