New car registration drops by 9% in October

A total of 5,685 new passenger cars were registered in Finland in October 2026, which was 9 per cent fewer than one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland.

In all, 9,617 new vehicles were registered in October. First registrations decreased by 9 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

In January to October period of 2026, a total of 62,618 new passenger cars were registered, which was 4 per cent more than one year earlier.

Of first-time registered passenger cars in October, 60 per cent were fully electric. The number of electric car registrations was 3,417, or 54 per cent higher than one year earlier.

A total of 1,527 new petrol-fuelled passenger cars were registered in October, which was 39 per cent fewer than one year earlier.