Import of new cars slides by 9.3% in October

The number of new private cars registered was 7,935 in October this year, which was 9.3 per cent down from that in October 2017, according to Statistics Finland.

In October 2018, a total of 13,794 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 9,682 were automobiles. First registrations decreased by 0.3 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year.

The number of first registrations was affected by the new WLTP measuring method for emissions introduced at the beginning of September. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 27.0 per cent.

These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency and they were produced by Statistics Finland. The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.

In the January to October period of 2018, a total of 166,982 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 2.7 per cent.

The number of passenger cars first registered in January to October was 105,670, which is 4.8 per cent more than that in the corresponding period of 2017.

The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to October were Toyota, Volkswagen, and Skoda.