Finland February 2026: Tesla Model Y stays #1, Mercedes CLA up to #4
The Mercedes CLA is up to a world best 4th place in Finland in February.
It’s a rare positive month in Finland with February sales up 2.5% year-on-year to 4,820 units. The year-to-date tally remains in negative however at -1.6% to 10,194. Toyota (-3%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 14.7% share, distancing Volkswagen (+4%) and Skoda (+16.5%). Volvo (-4.8%) and Kia (+0.3%) follow while Tesla (+175.4%) continues to impress at #6 vs. #9 last month. Mercedes (+42.7%) and Ford (+23.5%) make themselves noticed among the 10 best-sellers. Below, Smart (+533.3%), Opel (+164%) and BYD (+86.5%) stand out.
Over in the models charts, the Tesla Model Y (+513.5%) once again evolves at a significantly higher level than a year ago, improving its sales 6-fold to 6.8% share. It retains the YTD top spot as a result, with registrations up a whopping 527.9%. The Toyota bZ4X (+130.4%) also stuns at #2, a ranking it now also holds YTD whereas it failed to enter the Full Year 2025 Top 30. The Volvo XC60 (+53.7%) is up 9 spots on January to #3 while the Mercedes CLA (+1388.9%) climbs to a fantastic 4th place overall and ranks #8 year-to-date. The VW T-Roc (+907.7%), Skoda Elroq (+359.3%) and Kia Stonic (+212.1%) also surge.
Previous month: Finland January 2026: Tesla Model Y and Toyota Yaris Cross lead, Mercedes CLA in Top 10 again
One year ago: Finland February 2025: Volkswagen up 42.8%, Tesla down 48.7%
Full February 2026 Top 30 brands and models below.
Finland February 2026 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Feb-26 | % | /25 | Jan | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Toyota | 709 | 14.7% | – 3.0% | 1 | 1,520 | 14.9% | – 5.4% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Volkswagen | 514 | 10.7% | + 4.0% | 4 | 1,023 | 10.0% | – 3.9% | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Skoda | 466 | 9.7% | + 16.5% | 2 | 1,083 | 10.6% | + 12.6% | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Volvo | 433 | 9.0% | – 4.8% | 3 | 954 | 9.4% | – 3.0% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Kia | 365 | 7.6% | + 0.3% | 5 | 750 | 7.4% | – 0.8% | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Tesla | 336 | 7.0% | + 175.4% | 9 | 560 | 5.5% | + 211.1% | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | Mercedes | 294 | 6.1% | + 42.7% | 7 | 584 | 5.7% | + 21.9% | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | BMW | 227 | 4.7% | – 14.0% | 6 | 543 | 5.3% | – 11.1% | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | Audi | 209 | 4.3% | + 2.0% | 8 | 473 | 4.6% | + 7.0% | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Ford | 184 | 3.8% | + 23.5% | 10 | 406 | 4.0% | + 7.4% | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | Nissan | 111 | 2.3% | – 46.1% | 11 | 306 | 3.0% | – 45.5% | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Hyundai | 105 | 2.2% | – 45.6% | 14 | 191 | 1.9% | – 48.7% | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | BYD | 69 | 1.4% | + 86.5% | 12 | 170 | 1.7% | + 93.2% | 13 | 18 |
| 14 | Renault | 69 | 1.4% | + 9.5% | 13 | 159 | 1.6% | + 19.5% | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Opel | 66 | 1.4% | + 164.0% | 21 | 113 | 1.1% | + 59.2% | 16 | 25 |
| 16 | Mazda | 58 | 1.2% | – 6.5% | 23 | 93 | 0.9% | – 21.2% | 19 | 17 |
| 17 | Smart | 57 | 1.2% | + 533.3% | 15 | 140 | 1.4% | + 366.7% | 15 | 24 |
| 18 | Peugeot | 54 | 1.1% | + 0.0% | 19 | 103 | 1.0% | – 52.8% | 18 | 16 |
| 19 | Polestar | 54 | 1.1% | – 62.2% | 25 | 84 | 0.8% | – 66.0% | 21 | 13 |
| 20 | Suzuki | 53 | 1.1% | – 19.7% | 16 | 107 | 1.0% | – 23.0% | 17 | 21 |
| 21 | Lexus | 51 | 1.1% | + 54.5% | 30 | 74 | 0.7% | – 11.9% | 25 | 26 |
| 22 | Mitsubishi | 46 | 1.0% | + 27.8% | 24 | 80 | 0.8% | + 19.4% | 24 | 20 |
| 23 | Citroen | 45 | 0.9% | – 21.1% | 31 | 67 | 0.7% | – 29.5% | 26 | 19 |
| 24 | Cupra | 41 | 0.9% | + 13.9% | 17 | 91 | 0.9% | – 1.1% | 20 | 23 |
| 25 | Subaru | 36 | 0.7% | + 125.0% | 22 | 82 | 0.8% | + 34.4% | 22 | 28 |
| 26 | Dacia | 31 | 0.6% | – 69.3% | 18 | 80 | 0.8% | – 57.0% | 23 | 15 |
| 27 | MG | 31 | 0.6% | + 10.7% | 27 | 58 | 0.6% | + 23.4% | 27 | 22 |
| 28 | Porsche | 25 | 0.5% | – 24.2% | 26 | 53 | 0.5% | – 24.3% | 29 | 27 |
| 29 | Land Rover | 23 | 0.5% | – 28.1% | 29 | 46 | 0.5% | – 37.0% | 30 | 29 |
| 30 | Mini | 12 | 0.2% | + 9.1% | 28 | 36 | 0.4% | + 56.5% | 31 | n/a |
| n/a | Seat | 7 | 0.1% | – 69.6% | 20 | 55 | 0.5% | + 77.4% | 28 | 30 |
Finland February 2026 – models:
| Pos | Model | Feb-26 | % | /25 | Jan | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Tesla Model Y | 319 | 6.8% | + 513.5% | 1 | 540 | 5.3% | + 527.9% | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Toyota bZ4x | 182 | 3.9% | + 130.4% | 3 | 365 | 3.6% | + 114.7% | 2 | n/a |
| 3 | Volvo XC60 | 166 | 3.5% | + 53.7% | 12 | 289 | 2.8% | + 7.8% | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Mercedes CLA | 134 | 2.8% | + 1388.9% | 9 | 266 | 2.6% | + 885.2% | 8 | n/a |
| 5 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 134 | 2.8% | – 20.2% | 2 | 355 | 3.5% | – 1.7% | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | VW T-Roc | 131 | 2.8% | + 907.7% | 15 | 223 | 2.2% | + 320.8% | 13 | n/a |
| 7 | Skoda Elroq | 124 | 2.6% | + 359.3% | 5 | 290 | 2.8% | + 625.0% | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Skoda Enyaq | 117 | 2.5% | + 23.2% | 7 | 268 | 2.6% | + 4.7% | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | Toyota Corolla | 113 | 2.4% | + 18.9% | 13 | 224 | 2.2% | + 8.7% | 12 | 3 |
| 10 | Toyota Yaris | 110 | 2.3% | – 23.6% | 6 | 275 | 2.7% | – 8.6% | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | VW ID.4 | 104 | 2.2% | + 9.5% | 8 | 238 | 2.3% | + 35.2% | 10 | 8 |
| 12 | Kia Stonic | 103 | 2.2% | + 212.1% | 10 | 232 | 2.3% | + 107.1% | 11 | 23 |
| 13 | Toyota C-HR | 93 | 2.0% | – 4.1% | 14 | 188 | 1.8% | – 5.1% | 15 | 12 |
| 14 | Nissan Qashqai | 79 | 1.7% | – 42.8% | 4 | 249 | 2.4% | – 37.8% | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | Volvo EX40 | 79 | 1.7% | + 25.4% | 11 | 206 | 2.0% | + 85.6% | 14 | 16 |
| 16 | Skoda Octavia | 69 | 1.5% | + 19.0% | 18 | 146 | 1.4% | – 11.5% | 16 | 15 |
| 17 | Audi Q4 | 68 | 1.4% | – 17.1% | 21 | 137 | 1.3% | + 1.5% | 17 | 19 |
| 18 | Kia Ceed | 67 | 1.4% | – 22.1% | 32 | 113 | 1.1% | – 27.1% | 21 | 10 |
| 19 | VW Golf | 62 | 1.3% | – 10.1% | 33 | 108 | 1.1% | – 30.3% | 23 | 21 |
| 20 | VW ID.7 | 59 | 1.3% | + 13.5% | 17 | 137 | 1.3% | + 13.2% | 18 | 13 |
| 21 | Kia EV3 | 55 | 1.2% | – 24.7% | 16 | 134 | 1.3% | – 8.8% | 19 | 14 |
| 22 | VW Tiguan | 49 | 1.0% | – 51.5% | 36 | 89 | 0.9% | – 58.4% | 28 | 17 |
| 23 | Smart #5 | 48 | 1.0% | new | 20 | 118 | 1.2% | new | 20 | n/a |
| 24 | Skoda Kodiaq | 46 | 1.0% | + 4.5% | 28 | 96 | 0.9% | – 22.6% | 24 | 27 |
| 25 | Ford Kuga | 43 | 0.9% | + 53.6% | 31 | 89 | 0.9% | + 3.5% | 27 | n/a |
| 26 | Ford Explorer | 35 | 0.7% | + 94.4% | 25 | 88 | 0.9% | + 79.6% | 29 | n/a |
| 27 | Volvo EC40 | 35 | 0.7% | + 118.7% | 19 | 112 | 1.1% | + 160.5% | 22 | n/a |
| 28 | BMW i4 | 34 | 0.7% | – 5.6% | 23 | 91 | 0.9% | + 5.8% | 26 | 26 |
| 29 | BYD Seal | 33 | 0.7% | + 17.9% | 27 | 85 | 0.8% | + 51.8% | 30 | n/a |
| 30 | Volvo EX30 | 31 | 0.7% | – 6.1% | 22 | 95 | 0.9% | + 3.3% | 25 | 30 |
| 31 | Volvo V60 | 30 | 0.6% | – 58.9% | 26 | 83 | 0.8% | – 55.4% | 32 | 18 |
| 32 | Skoda Kamiq | 27 | 0.6% | + 42.1% | 24 | 84 | 0.8% | + 58.5% | 31 | n/a |
Source: AUT
