New car registration rises by 16% in Sept

A total of 6,984 new passenger cars were registered in Finland in September 2026, which was 16 per cent more than one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland.

A total of 11,346 new vehicles were registered in September. First registrations increased by 8 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

In January to September period, a total of 56,932 new passenger cars were registered, which was 6 per cent more than one year earlier.

Of first-time registered passenger cars in September, 62 per cent were fully electric.

The number of electric car registrations was 4,338, or 67 per cent higher than one year earlier.

In all, 1,737 new petrol-fuelled passenger cars were registered in September, which was 17 per cent fewer than one year earlier.