New car registration drops by 5% in Dec

A total of 6,186 new passenger cars were registered in December 2022, which was 5 per cent fewer than in December 2021, according to Statistics Finland.

In all, 11,114 new vehicles were registered in December 2022. First registrations decreased by one per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

Of first-time registered passenger cars, 30 per cent were electric. The number of their registrations was 1,843, or 17 per cent higher than one year earlier.

Used imported passenger numbered 2,068, which was 42 per cent fewer than one year earlier.