A total of 71,888 new passenger cars were registered in Finland in 2025, which was 3 per cent fewer than in 2024, according to Statistics Finland. In December, a total of 5,545 new passenger cars were registered in December 2025, which was 12 per cent fewer than one year earlier. In all, 9,095 new vehicles were registered in December. First registrations decreased by 13 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. Of first-time registered passenger cars in December 2025, altogether 53 per cent were fully electric. The number of electric cars registrations was 2,955, or 27 per cent higher than in December 2024. In all, 1,566 new petrol-fuelled passenger cars were registered in December, which was 39 per cent fewer than in December 2024.