New car registration rises by 4% in Sep

A total of 6,798 new passenger cars were registered in Finland in September, which was 4 % more than one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland.

In all, 11,794 new vehicles were registered in September. First registrations decreased by 6 % from the corresponding month of the previous year.

Out of the first-time registered passenger cars, 22 % were electric. The number of electric car registrations was 1,463, or 99 % higher than one year earlier.

Used imported passenger cars numbered 3,361, which was 27 % fewer than one year earlier.