Thursday. 21.11.2024

Car sales are still sunk, with the new registrations figures far from previous years.

According to Statistics Finland, in June 2020 a total of 16,205 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 9,146 were automobiles. First registrations decreased by 11.0% from the corresponding month of the previous year.

In the specific case of passenger cars, the number of new units registered was 8,023, which was 23.9% down from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 16.7%. These numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.Car-sales-June-2020Source: Statistics Finland.

First half of the year

In the January to June period of 2020 a total of 87,570 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was a decrease of 14.4%.

The number of passenger cars first registered in the first half of the year was 47,385, which is 21.4% down from the same period the year before.

The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to June period were Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen.

Car sales still sunk