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Latest publication: First registrations of motor vehicles 2012, April
Published: 4 September 2008
First registrations of passenger cars decreased by 14.3 per cent in August 2008
In August 2008 a total of 17,794 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 11,101 were automobiles. First registrations decreased by 14.5 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In August the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,453, which was 14.3 per cent down from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 48,3 per cent. These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Vehicle Administration and they have been produced by Statistics Finland. The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands.
In the January to August period of 2008 a total of 193,277 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was a increase of 2.1 per cent. The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to August period was 108,674, which is 9.9 per cent up from the year before. The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to August period were Toyota, Volkswagen and Ford.
First registrations of passenger cars
Source: Statistics on first registrations 2008. Statistics Finland, Finnish Vehicle Administration
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Last updated 4.9.2008
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