The rapid increase in car sales continued in August, according to a statement by the Finnish Information Centre of Automoblile Sector (AuT) on Wednesday.

According to AuT, just over 8,500 new cars were registered in August, which is an increase of around 40 per cent from the year-ago period. New car registrations have increased by a fifth during the beginning of this year.

The automobile sector is confident that the improved sales figures that began during the winter are to continue rising during the end of the year. Demand that was stunted by the recession is beginning to grow again.

The Toyota Avensis was the most popular car in August. Figures for the whole year so far put the Toyota in third place after the Volkswagen Golf and the Skoda Octavia.

STT
Lehtikuva - Pekka Sakki