BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 6
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In October 2019, Istanbul had the biggest share among the Turkish cities with the most driven cars, Trend reports referring to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
It was noted that the percentage of cars in Istanbul made up 33.2 percent of the total number of cars in Turkey for the aforementioned period.
"The percentage of vehicles during the specified period amounted to 6.3 percent in Izmir, 8.9 percent in Ankara and 4.1 percent in Antalya," the report reads.
According to the information, the remaining 47.5 percent accounts for other cities.
In October 2019, Renault cars ranked first in the Turkish car market.
Renault cars in October this year held 14.6 percent of the Turkish car market, Volkswagen - 11.1 percent, Fiat -10.4 percent, Hyundai - 6.9 percent, Toyota - 6.2 percent, Honda - 5.9 percent, Opel - 5.3 percent, Peugeot - 4.5 percent, Skoda - 4.5 percent, Ford - 4.2 percent.
The remaining 26.5 percent accounted for other car manufacturers.
In October 2019, the number of vehicles used in Turkey increased by 78.6 percent, compared to October 2018.
In October 2019, the share of cars in the total number of vehicles in Turkey amounted to 54.1 percent, vans and trucks - 16.4 percent, motorcycles - 14.3 percent, tractors - 8.2 percent, while 7 percent accounted for other vehicles.
Turkey ranks sixth in Europe in car production. Ford, Fiat, Renault, Toyota, Honda, Opel, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and MAN are assembled in Turkey. Turkey also manufactures local brands of buses such as BMC, Temsa and Otokar.
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