New car registration drops by 20% in Finland in August

A total of 5,262 new passenger cars were registered in August 2025, which was 20 per cent fewer than one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland.

In all, 9,247 new vehicles were registered in August. First registrations decreased by 16 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

In January to August period, a total of 47,949 new passenger cars were registered, which was six per cent fewer than one year earlier.

Of first-time registered passenger cars in August, altogether 37 per cent were fully electric.

The number of electric car registrations was 1,941, or three per cent higher than one year earlier.

In all, 1,900 new petrol-fuelled passenger cars were registered in August, which was 36 per cent fewer than one year earlier.