Number of cars continues to grow in Norway

Registered vehicles, 2009 At the end of 2009, 53,000 more cars were registered than one year earlier. The private car population expanded by 45 000 cars and the population of vans by 8,000. The number of cars scrapped for refund fell by almost 13,000. A total of 2,241,119 private cars and 387,546 vans had Norwegian number plates at the end of 2009. The increase was 2 per cent for private cars and 2.2 per cent for vans. For private cars, Volkswagen was the most popular make, with 303,122 registered cars. Toyota was in second place with 272,605 private cars, slightly catching up with Volkswagen during 2009. For vans, the situation is the opposite. Toyota has 72,847 registered vans, but Volkswagen is right behind with only 140 less. Older car fleet The average age of the regis