HELSINKI: The number of new passenger cars registered in March was 11,637, which was 4.9 per cent up from the year before. In the month, a total of 17,374 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 13,016 were automobiles, according to Statistics Finland’s data.
First registrations decreased by 0.2 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 31.9 per cent as per the data based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency.
The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands. A total of 47,234 vehicles were first registered in the January to March period of 2016. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 7.3 per cent, the statistics show.
The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to March period was 33,093, which is 12.7 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to March period were Toyota, Volkswagen and Skoda.
