During the time, a total of 10,144 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 7,307 were automobiles, says the Statistics Finland’s data.
First registrations increased by 0.4% from the corresponding month of the previous year.
The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 47.1%.
In the January to December period of 2013, a total of 172,043 vehicles were first registered. Compared to the year before, there was a decrease of 10.3%.
The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to December period was 103,450, which was 7% per cent down from the year before.