Automotive market in Turkey grows in October

10.5 percent rise in automotive market is seen as 91,752 vehicles sold in Oct. 2017

By Belgin Yakisan

ISTANBUL (AA) - The automobile and light commercial vehicle market in Turkey grew by 10.5 percent in October compared to the same period last year, the Automotive Distributors’ Association said Thursday.

The association said 91,752 vehicles were sold this October, compared to 83,000 vehicles last October.

Some 70,488 automobile were sold this October, compared to 63,746 automobiles last October.

Also, 21,264 light commercial vehicles were sold this October, compared to 19,254 last October.

In the Jan-Oct term 719,095 vehicles -- including automobiles and light commercial vehicles -- were sold in Turkey. The figure for 2016 was 719,499. So the total market narrowed by 0.06 percent for this term.

In addition, by late October, 49 electric cars and 3,252 hybrid cars were sold in Turkey.

Hayri Erce, general coordinator of the association said Thursday, that the automotive sector's total market figure in 2018 in Turkey is estimated between 950,000-1 million units.

The sales figures from Jan-Oct 2017 according to brands are as follows:

BRAND	AUTOMOBILES	LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES	TOTAL (BY BRAND)
ALFA ROMEO	267	0	267
ASTON MARTIN	17	0	17
AUDI	16,135	0	16,135
BENTLEY	12	0	12
BMW	13,667	0	13,667
CHERY	0	0	0
CITROEN	13,309	7,060	20,369
DACIA	30,991	5,206	36,197
DS	89	0	89
FERRARI	11	0	11
FIAT	47,658	42,133	89,791
FORD	30,828	50,639	81,467
GEELY	0	0	0
HONDA	20.355	0	20,355
HYUNDAI	37,914	2,492	40,406
INFINITI	90	0	90
ISUZU	0	1,844	1,844
IVECO	0	1,925	1,925
JAGUAR	286	0	286
JEEP	1,781	0	1,781
KARSAN	0	1,178	1,178
KIA	8,832	2,784	11,616
LAMBORGHINI	4	0	4
LAND ROVER	1,462	0	1,462
LEXUS	74	0	74
MASERATI	49	0	49
MAZDA	1,067	0	1,067
MERCEDES-BENZ	20,250	6,948	27,198
MINI	1,041	0	1,041
MITSUBISHI	287	2,740	3,027
NISSAN	22,854	2,142	24,996
OPEL	34,044	0	34,044
OTOKAR	0	0	0
PEUGEOT	22,129	7,357	29,486
PORSCHE	537	0	537
RENAULT	85,239	11,999	97,238
SEAT	13,059	0	13,059
SKODA	18,479	0	18,479
SMART	104	0	104
SSANGYONG	291	240	531
SUBARU	1,195	0	1,195
SUZUKI	3,118	0	3,118
TOYOTA	30,021	3,505	33,526
VOLKSWAGEN	66,457	21,794	88,251
VOLVO	3,106	0	3,106
TOTAL:	547,109	171,986	719,095

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