In November 2018, a total of 14,071 new motor vehicles were registered in Finland, of which 10,274 were automobiles. First registrations decreased by 7.4% from the corresponding month of the previous year. However, so far this year the registration of cars has increased from January to November, in aggregate terms.
According to the figures published by Statistics Finland, November was not a good month in terms of car registrations. The number of new passenger cars registered was 8,662, which was 10.4% down from the same month the year before.
The number of first registrations was affected by the new WLTP measuring method for emissions introduced at the beginning of September. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 24.3%. These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency and have been produced by Statistics Finland. The numbers exclude the vehicles on the Åland Islands.
So far this year, in the January to November period of 2018 a total of 181,060 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was an increase of 1.8%.
The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to November period was 114,335, which is 3.5% up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to November period were Toyota, Volkswagen and Skoda.
