Finland February 2026: Tesla Model Y stays #1, Mercedes CLA up to #4

9 March 2026 at 10:24

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

UCLA Women’s Basketball Stars Perform in Halftime Show

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6 March 2026 at 01:13

UCLA women's basketball players Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and Charlisse Leger-Walker perform at halftime. Photo Credit: ESPN

After winning the first Big Ten regular season title in program history, three UCLA women’s basketball stars made a special appearance in a halftime show performance with UCLA’s dance team.

Two weeks ago, graduate student guard Charlisse Leger-Walker posted a YouTube video where she and Jaquez learned the choreography for one of the dance team’s halftime performances. At the end of the video, Leger-Walker said she and Jaquez would perform at the UCLA men’s basketball game against Nebraska if the video received 1,000 likes.

The video not only reached 1,000 likes, committing Leger-Walker and Jaquez to the halftime performance. But the pair also recruited Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Lauren Betts.

“Lauren and I have been wanting to take a dance class in L.A. for a long time,” Jaquez told ESPN. “We both grew up dancing, and we love to dance in the locker room and stuff. But this wasn’t just like a TikTok dance, it was the real thing. So when Charlisse came up with this idea, we were all-in.”

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The Bruins just came off an undefeated Big Ten conference season and will now turn their focus to the Big Ten Tournament this weekend. UCLA has a chance to win a national championship, and Betts said the performance shows how much chemistry the Bruins have in and out of basketball.

“This team is all about fun,” Betts said to ESPN. “And this is the type of fun that we like to have. We genuinely love doing things like this together. I never thought something like this would happen but here we are. And I think it just shows the type of chemistry that this team has. Like look at us out here dancing and then winning basketball games.”

Jaquez Also Made Appearances With The UCLA Softball Team

In addition to performing at halftime with the UCLA dance team, Jaquez joined the UCLA softball team for the 2024 season.

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She made her debut with the Bruins’ softball team as a pinch runner against Georgia in NCAA Super Regionals. Jaquez also scored one run for UCLA when then-sophomore infielder Jordan Woolery hit a three-run home run while Jaquez was on base.

Before coming to UCLA, she played on Adolfo Camarillo’s softball team alongside UCLA redshirt junior utility Rylee Pinedo.

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Jaquez Also Made Appearances With The UCLA Softball Team