auto-stats.eu

Passenger-car registrations in Finland

Finland ยท May 2026

Finland registered 9 803 passenger cars in May 2026: 6 783 new cars (69.2% of the total) and 3 020 used imports. That is up 8.4% on April 2026 and down 6.2% on May 2025. Year to date the market stands at 44 906 registrations, down 5.3% on the same period of last year.

TOYOTA led the brand ranking with 1 628 registrations and a 16.6% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (972) and MERCEDES-BENZ (834). Together the top three brands took 35.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TESLA grew fastest year on year (+73.4%) while KIA fell furthest (โˆ’33.2%). The best-selling model was the TOYOTA COROLLA with 352 registrations, followed by the TOYOTA YARIS CROSS (312) and the TESLA MODEL Y (304).

Battery-electric cars took 52.2% of all registrations, compared with 41.5% in May 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 48.8%. Plug-in hybrids took 10.5%, diesel 5.2% and petrol 31.9%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 690 battery-electric registrations, ahead of MERCEDES-BENZ (568). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 304 registrations, ahead of the TOYOTA BZ4X (200). New cars averaged 55.2 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 6.7 years old when they were registered.

May 2026 was the 14th-highest of the 33 months on this page, which average 9 558 registrations a month; the peak was May 2024 with 11 532 and the low February 2026 with 7 769.

9 803
vs previous month +8.4% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’6.2%
6 783
New share 69.2%
3 020
Avg import age (yrs) 6.7
52.2%
5 119 BEV ยท 1 030 PHEV (10.5%)
48.8%
3 309 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol3 126 (31.9%)Diesel513 (5.2%)Plug-in hybrid1 030 (10.5%)Battery electric5 119 (52.2%)Gas (LPG / CNG)15 (0.2%)Other0 (0.0%)

New-car models 230

#ยฑMakeModelNewBEVPHEVShare of newMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+5TOYOTACOROLLA352005.2%+134.7%+44.9%851+11.7%
2โˆ’1TOYOTAYARIS CROSS312004.6%+14.7%+26.3%1 237+23.1%
3+15TESLAMODEL Y30430404.5%+300.0%+151.2%1 282+177.5%
4โˆ’1TOYOTAYARIS270004.0%+57.0%โˆ’12.9%845โˆ’11.0%
5+8TOYOTAC-HR245149123.6%+166.3%+337.5%654+28.5%
6+5TOYOTABZ4X20020003.0%+85.2%โ€“815+135.5%
7+2MERCEDES-BENZCLA19219112.8%+65.5%+464.7%722+749.4%
8โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENT-ROC173002.6%+37.3%โ€“648+356.3%
9+16SKODAOCTAVIA141002.1%+143.1%+88.0%420+4.2%
10โˆ’6SKODAELROQ14014002.1%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’16.7%744+81.0%
11โ€“TESLAMODEL 314014002.1%โ€“โ€“400+75.4%
12โˆ’10SKODAENYAQ13913902.1%โˆ’20.1%โˆ’2.8%727+4.9%
13โˆ’8VOLKSWAGENID.412812801.9%โˆ’17.4%โˆ’30.1%672โˆ’7.4%
14โˆ’4SMART#511911901.8%+8.2%โ€“380โ€“
15โˆ’1VOLVOEX4010710701.6%+16.3%+35.4%526+46.9%
16+3MERCEDES-BENZGLC10267351.5%+39.7%+121.7%261+12.5%
17+35SKODAFABIA99001.5%+200.0%โ€“220+37.5%
18โˆ’10VOLVOXC60950951.4%โˆ’24.0%โˆ’47.5%712โˆ’3.9%
19โˆ’3BMWI4838301.2%+9.2%+43.1%322+38.8%
20+3VOLKSWAGENGOLF81091.2%+32.8%โˆ’17.3%320โˆ’27.6%
21+7AUDIQ4797901.2%+49.1%+25.4%325โˆ’11.9%
22โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN720481.1%+12.5%โˆ’35.7%285โˆ’42.0%
23+12MERCEDES-BENZGLB717101.1%+57.8%โ€“124โ€“
24+5POLESTARPOLESTAR 4696901.0%+32.7%+60.5%283โˆ’11.0%
25โˆ’13AUDIQ6686801.0%โˆ’32.7%0.0%295+11.3%
26โˆ’6VOLVOEX30686801.0%โˆ’6.8%+36.0%294+1.4%
27โˆ’3KIAEV3626200.9%+3.3%โˆ’30.3%338โˆ’25.9%
28โˆ’6AUDIA66125360.9%โˆ’3.2%+52.5%236+46.6%
29โ€“BMWX1570570.8%โ€“+23.9%192โˆ’28.6%
30โˆ’15VOLKSWAGENID.7505000.7%โˆ’44.4%โˆ’73.8%377โˆ’36.4%
31โˆ’14FORDEXPLORER464600.7%โˆ’39.5%+7.0%274+76.8%
32+9KIACEED45000.7%+15.4%โˆ’71.2%251โˆ’52.1%
33+17VOLVOV60450450.7%+32.4%โˆ’45.8%235โˆ’44.0%
34โ€“MAZDA6E424200.6%โ€“โ€“100โ€“
35+9VOLVOEC40424200.6%+10.5%+27.3%237+33.9%
36+13SKODAKODIAQ390160.6%+11.4%โˆ’22.0%209โˆ’30.1%
37โˆ’5BYDSEAL382990.6%โˆ’17.4%โ€“208+147.6%
38+21FORDTOURNEO CUSTOM381350.6%+26.7%โ€“93โˆ’45.0%
39+18KIASTONIC38000.6%+18.8%โˆ’61.6%357+2.6%
40โˆ’7VOLKSWAGENT-CROSS38000.6%โˆ’17.4%+22.6%179+19.3%
41โ€“KIAPV5373700.6%โ€“โ€“47โ€“
42โ€“MGMG4363600.5%โ€“โ€“78โˆ’42.2%
43โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQA353500.5%โ€“+16.7%135โˆ’31.8%
44โ€“CUPRALEON34020.5%โ€“โ€“56โ€“
45โ€“HYUNDAIBAYON34000.5%โ€“โ€“113+8.7%
46โˆ’19HYUNDAIINSTER343400.5%โˆ’37.0%0.0%194+70.2%
47โˆ’21NISSANQASHQAI34000.5%โˆ’38.2%โˆ’73.4%573โˆ’28.5%
48โˆ’14FORDPUMA331100.5%โˆ’26.7%โˆ’13.2%192+60.0%
49โˆ’18BMWIX1323200.5%โˆ’34.7%โˆ’5.9%203+50.4%
50โˆ’4SUBARUOUTBACK32100.5%โˆ’11.1%โ€“162+100.0%

Electric models (new cars) 108

#ยฑMakeModelBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+11TESLAMODEL Y3049.2%+300.0%+151.2%1 282
2+4TOYOTABZ4X2006.0%+85.2%+952.6%815
3+2MERCEDES-BENZCLA1915.8%+75.2%โ€“686
4+10TOYOTAC-HR1494.5%+106.9%โ€“282
5โˆ’3SKODAELROQ1404.2%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’16.7%744
6+41TESLAMODEL 31404.2%+900.0%+418.5%400
7โˆ’6SKODAENYAQ1394.2%โˆ’20.1%โˆ’2.8%727
8โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENID.41283.9%โˆ’17.4%โˆ’30.1%672
9โˆ’5SMART#51193.6%+8.2%โ€“380
10โˆ’2VOLVOEX401073.2%+16.3%+35.4%526
11โˆ’1BMWI4832.5%+9.2%+43.1%322
12+5AUDIQ4792.4%+49.1%+25.4%325
13+9MERCEDES-BENZGLB712.2%+57.8%โ€“124
14+4POLESTARPOLESTAR 4692.1%+32.7%+60.5%283
15โˆ’8AUDIQ6682.1%โˆ’32.7%0.0%295
16โˆ’3VOLVOEX30682.1%โˆ’6.8%+36.0%294
17+4MERCEDES-BENZGLC672.0%+45.7%โ€“119
18โˆ’3KIAEV3621.9%+3.3%โˆ’30.3%338
19โˆ’10VOLKSWAGENID.7501.5%โˆ’44.4%โˆ’73.8%377
20โˆ’9FORDEXPLORER461.4%โˆ’39.5%+7.0%274

New battery-electric cars only (no plug-in hybrids, no used imports). Share is of all new BEV registrations in the month. Because monthly counts are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 64

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10TOYOTA1 4182101 62816.6%+54.5%+35.9%5 742+4.3%
20VOLKSWAGEN6633099729.9%+1.7%โˆ’25.5%4 529โˆ’13.4%
3+2MERCEDES-BENZ4643708348.5%+10.5%+19.0%3 555โˆ’2.2%
40SKODA6361728088.2%+1.9%+0.1%3 733+0.7%
5+5TESLA4452456907.0%+88.0%+73.4%2 751+47.3%
6โˆ’3VOLVO3992776766.9%โˆ’16.6%โˆ’32.5%4 177โˆ’15.4%
70BMW3352565916.0%+5.0%+1.7%2 795โˆ’0.5%
8โˆ’2AUDI3202145345.5%โˆ’8.4%โˆ’9.8%2 475+1.3%
9โˆ’1KIA3241364604.7%โˆ’2.3%โˆ’33.2%2 410โˆ’21.6%
10โˆ’1POLESTAR1132423553.6%โˆ’5.6%โˆ’9.0%1 848โˆ’7.6%
110FORD190682582.6%โˆ’24.1%โˆ’26.3%1 449โˆ’8.9%
120HYUNDAI137762132.2%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’37.4%1 112โˆ’25.7%
13+1SMART127161431.5%+21.2%โ€“447+329.8%
14โˆ’1BYD114171311.3%โˆ’13.8%โ€“621+168.8%
15+4PEUGEOT96221181.2%+29.7%+19.2%419โˆ’29.2%
16+5MAZDA95121071.1%+42.7%+40.8%407+1.2%
170MG6629951.0%โˆ’2.1%+86.3%414+35.3%
18+4RENAULT8014941.0%+25.3%โˆ’70.3%526โˆ’23.0%
19โˆ’4OPEL7218900.9%โˆ’22.4%+25.0%423+10.2%
20+8LEXUS7016860.9%+91.1%+45.8%285โˆ’0.3%
21โˆ’1CUPRA5629850.9%โˆ’2.3%โˆ’5.6%3730.0%
22โˆ’6NISSAN5727840.9%โˆ’20.0%โˆ’64.3%884โˆ’40.3%
23โˆ’5CITROEN6410740.8%โˆ’18.7%+54.2%316โˆ’11.7%
24+1SUBARU499580.6%+16.0%+3.6%298+14.2%
25โˆ’2MITSUBISHI479560.6%+9.8%โˆ’45.1%302โˆ’30.9%
26โˆ’2PORSCHE2724510.5%+2.0%โˆ’26.1%228โˆ’21.4%
27โˆ’1SUZUKI419500.5%0.0%โˆ’31.5%296โˆ’14.2%
28โˆ’1DACIA443470.5%0.0%+4.4%227โˆ’32.2%
29โ€“MINI2112330.3%โ€“โˆ’36.5%137โˆ’17.5%
30โˆ’1LAND ROVER209290.3%โˆ’34.1%โˆ’27.5%177โˆ’18.4%

Electric brands 36

#ยฑMakeBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+6TESLA69013.5%+88.0%+73.4%2 751
2+1MERCEDES-BENZ56811.1%+27.6%+81.5%2 139
3โˆ’2VOLKSWAGEN4428.6%โˆ’12.0%โˆ’39.2%2 361
4โˆ’2SKODA3737.3%โˆ’19.6%โˆ’14.4%1 995
5+5TOYOTA3597.0%+82.2%+1021.9%1 251
6โˆ’2AUDI3577.0%โˆ’14.8%โˆ’1.9%1 680
7โˆ’2POLESTAR3556.9%โˆ’5.6%โˆ’9.0%1 848
8โˆ’2VOLVO3416.7%โˆ’7.8%+0.3%1 837
9โˆ’1BMW3386.6%โˆ’5.1%+18.6%1 536
10โˆ’1KIA2705.3%0.0%+5.1%1 235

Counts are Traficom's official first registrations and used-import registrations of passenger cars in mainland Finland; they are complete and not affected by later exports. Model series are Traficom's own; used imports are published by make only. Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.