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Turkey’s motor vehicle market increases by over 3%

Türkiye Materials 20 October 2014 12:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.20

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

The number of road motor vehicles stood at 18,532,604 in Turkey in the first eight months of 2014, a message posted on the website of the country's Statistical Institute said.

Turkey motor vehicle market grew by 583,157 vehicles or 3.25 percent in January-August 2014.

Cars accounted for 52.1 percent of the total number of vehicles in Turkey, trucks - 16.3 percent, motorcycles - 15.2 percent, tractors - 8.6 percent, buses - 2.3 percent, other road motor vehicles - 14.014 percent, according to the Statistical Institute.

The message said that 41.9 percent of vehicles in the country run on liquefied petroleum gas, 29.6 percent - gasoline and 28.5 percent - diesel fuel.

Main car brands in Turkish market throughout 8 months of 2014

Manufacturer

Market share (%)

Volkswagen

15.8

Renault

11.1

Ford

8.5

Opel

6.4

Hyundai

6.8

Toyota

5.0

Fiat

5.7

Dacia

4.9

BMW

6.2

Nissan

4.2

Other manufacturers

25.4

Turkey ranks sixth in Europe for motor vehicle production.

The cars of Ford, FIAT, Renault, Toyota, Honda, Opel, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and MAN brands are assembled in Turkey.

Turkey also manufactures domestic brand buses, such as Temsa and Otokar.

Edited by CN

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