Published: 6 June 2018
In May 2018 the number of new passenger cars registered was 12,482
In May 2018 a total of 21,327 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 14,490 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 9.6 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In May the number of new passenger cars registered was 12,482, which was 12.9 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 22.6 per cent. These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency and they have been produced by Statistics Finland. The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.
First registrations of passenger cars
![First registrations of passenger cars](merek_2018_05_2018-06-06_tie_001_en_001.png)
In the January to May period of 2018 a total of 89,730 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 4.3 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to May period was 57,944, which is 8.1 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to May period were Toyota, Volkswagen and Skoda.
Source: Statistics on first registrations 2018. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency
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Updated 6.6.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
First registrations of motor vehicles [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-365X. May 2018. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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