New vehicle import in May posts 5% rise

A total of 19,457 new motor vehicles were registered in May 2017, of which 12,889 were automobiles, according to Statistics Finland data.

The number of first registrations in the month increased by 6.4 per cent from that in the corresponding month of 2016.

In May, the number of new private cars registered was 11,055, registering a 5.1 per cent up rise year on year.

Among all the imported vehicles, the share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 31.8 per cent. These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency.

In the January-May period, a total of 85,990 vehicles were first registered, showing a 2.1 per cent increase from that in the same period in the previous year.

In those first four months of this year, the number of first-registered passenger cars rose by 2.1 per cent year on year to stand at 53,574.

The most common passenger car makes first registered in January-May were Toyota, Volkswagen, and Skoda.