In December 2010 the number of new passenger cars registered was 6,184

In December 2010 a total of 11,070 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 7,615 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 36.2 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In December the number of new passenger cars registered was 6,184, which was 49.9 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 45.8 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

In the January to December period of 2010 a total of 196,666 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 14.0 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to December period was 111,968, which is 23.6 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to December period were Toyota, Volkswagen and Skoda.

Source: Statistics on first registrations 2010. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency

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Updated 10.1.2011

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): First registrations of motor vehicles [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-365X. December 2010. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.4.2024].
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