HELSINKI: The number of new passenger cars registered in May 2016 was 10,518, which was 15.4 per cent up from the year before. In the month, a total of 18,286 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 11,931 were automobiles, according to Statistics Finland.
First registrations increased by 13.9 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 33.9 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. In the January to May period of 2016, a total of 84,223 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 9.4 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to May period was 54,709, which is 13.7 per cent up from the year before, the statistics show. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to May period were Volkswagen, Toyota and Skoda.
