Srilanka, Jan. 22 -- Sri Lanka had 48,525 vehicles registered in December 2025, up from 43,810 units in November, reflecting an year-end pop in the numbers, bringing the full-year vehicles registered to 360,117, in its first year of reopening imports after a five-year hiatus.

The category-wise breakdown showed that 5,007 units of motor cars had been registered in December, up from 3,691 units in November, a monthly report by JB Securities said.

Out of that, brand-new car registrations were 1,150, up from 781 in November, led by BYD with 408 units, followed by BAW with 283 units. Total BYD registrations however rose to 850 units in December, from 287 units in November, with the model Dolphin at 264 units, Atto 2 at 123 and Atto 1 at 145 ...