Finland’s new passenger car registrations climbed in September from a year ago, figures from Statistics Finland showed Tuesday.

The number of new cars registered in September grew 1.3 percent year-over-year to 8,513 units from 8,402 units. In July, new car sales totaled 8,723 units. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 34.6 percent.

In the January to September period, a total of 82,727 units were registered in Finland, lower by 0.4 percent than in the same period a year earlier. The most common passenger car makes first registered were Volkswagen, Toyota and Skoda.

The number of all motor vehicles registered in September dropped 2.9 percent yearly to 13,424 units. In the first nine month of the year, vehicle sales decreased 2.8 percent annually to 132,865 units.

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