HELSINKI: The number of new passenger cars registered in February 2016 was 9,656, which was 20.9 per cent up from the year before. A total of 13,725 new motor vehicles were registered in the month, of which 10,914 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 13.4 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year, according to Statistics Finland’s data.
The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 35.3 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 February period of 2016, a total of 29,853 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 12.1 per cent, the statistics show.
The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to February period was 21,450, which is 17.5 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the period were Volkswagen, Skoda and Toyota.
