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Turkey’s car market increases up to 18.7 mln

Business Materials 20 December 2014 21:00 (UTC +04:00)
The number of cars hit 18,693,972 in Turkey in the first ten months of 2014.
Turkey’s car market increases up to 18.7 mln

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.20

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

The number of cars hit 18,693,972 in Turkey in the first ten months of 2014, the Turkish Statistics Institute said.

The market increased by 754,525 vehicles in January-October 2014.

Cars accounted for 52.2 percent of the total number of vehicles in Turkey, trucks - 16.3 percent, motorcycles - 14.8 percent, tractors - 8.6 percent, buses - 6.4 percent, other vehicles - 1.7 percent, according to the Statistics Institute.

Around 41.4 percent of vehicles in the country run on liquefied petroleum gas, 29.3 percent - gasoline and 29.6 percent - diesel fuel.

Main car brands on Turkish market throughout 10 months of 2014

Manufacturer

Market share (%)

"Volkswagen"

13,8

"Renault"

15,3

"Ford"

5,6

"Opel"

6,5

"Hyundai"

7,2

"Toyota"

6,5

"Fiat"

6,3

"Dacia"

4,3

BMW

6

Mercedes-Benz

4,4

Other manufacturers

24,1

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 BMC, Temsa and Otokar.

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