New car registration drops by 9.5% in Nov
Published : 07 Dec 2021, 13:17
A total of 11,324 new motor vehicles were registered in November 2021, of which 7,869 were automobiles, according to Statistics Finland.
First registrations decreased by 11.7 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.
In November the number of new passenger cars registered was 6,676, which was 9.5 per cent down from the year before.
The share of new electric passenger cars was 14.3 per cent and plug-in hybrid electric cars 23.0 per cent.
A total of 2,494 new electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars were registered, which was 79.8 per cent up from the year before.
The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.
In the January to November period of 2021 a total of 165,120 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 4.4 per cent.
The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to November period was 91,953, which is 4.2 per cent up from the year before.
The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to November period were Toyota, Volkswagen and Skoda.