Automotive Exports – May 2017

Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine
Total Registered Vehicles
Exceeds 21 Million In Turkey
As of the end of February 2017, the total number of road motor vehicles
registered reached 21,268,879 units, according to the statement posted by
Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)
The total number of road
motor vehicles registered
to the traffic reached 21 million
268 thousand 879 by the end of
February. Within the total, cars
represented 53.8%, followed by
small trucks 16.4%, motorcycles
14.1%, tractors 8.4%, trucks 3.9%,
minibuses 2.2%, buses 1% and
special purpose vehicles 0.2%.
In February, 65 008 road motor
vehicle registrations were
recorded
Within 65 thousand 8 vehicle
registrations in February, cars
accounted for 58.7%, followed by
small trucks 17.7%, motorcycles
9.9% and tractors 8%. Minibuses,
buses, trucks and special purpose
vehicles constituted 5.7% of new
registrations.
The number of vehicle
registrations decreased by
49.5% over previous month
In February, the number of
road motor vehicle registrations
decreased by 49.5% compared
with the previous month. Cars,
minibuses, buses, small trucks,
trucks and special purpose
vehicles decreased by 54.9%, 47%,
22.5%, 60.1% , 28.7% and 28.5%
respectively. Motorcycles and
tractors increased by 17.9% and
22.7%.
The number of vehicles
decreased 4.6% over the same
month previous year
In February, the number of
road motor vehicle registrations
decreased by 4.6% compared with
the same month of the previous
year. Cars, minibuses, trucks,
motorcycles and special purpose
vehicles decreased by 2.6%,
31.7%, 37.5%, 13.8%, and 28%
respectively. Buses, small trucks and
tractors increased by 1.3%, 1.4%
and 5.4%.
In February, the total number of
vehicles in traffic increased by
178,455
While 15 thousand 201 road motor
vehicles were withdrawn, 193
thousand 656 road motor vehicles
were added in January-February
period. Hence, the total number
of road motor vehicles registered
increased by 178 thousand 455.
537,239 road motor vehicles
handed over in February
Among 537 thousand 239 vehicles
handed over, cars accounted for
69.8% followed by small trucks
17%, motorcycles 3.8% and tractors
3.6%. Minibuses, buses, trucks and
special purpose vehicles constituted
5.8% of the handed over motor
vehicles in February.
The ratio of cars registered using
LPG was 39.1%
At the end of February, among
11 million 438 thousand 415
registered cars, the share of LPGfuelled
cars was 39.1% followed by
diesel-fuelled cars with 33.9% and
gasoline-fuelled cars with 26.6%.
The ratio of the cars with unknown
fuel type was 0.4%.
In February, 38 180 cars were
registered to the traffic
In terms of the distribution of
trademarks for the 38 thousand
180 new registered cars in
February, Renault recorded 22.1%,
Volkswagen 11.9%, Hyundai 7.3%,
Dacia 6.7%, Fiat 6.7%, Toyota 5.1%,
Honda 4.7%, Nissan 4.6%, Ford
4.2%, Opel 4.2% and the other
trademarks 22.4% of the total.
Most frequent engine size was
1501-1600 for registered cars
Within 122 thousand 806 cars
registered to traffic in January-
February period, 40.1% of them
had engine size 1501-1600, 29.2%
had 1401-1500, 13.5% had 1300
or less, 13.2% had 1301-1400,
3.1% had 1601-2000, 1% had
2001 and above engine size.
Most frequent colour was white
for registered cars
Within 122 thousand 806 cars
registered to traffic in January-
February period, 60.6% of them
were white, 15.6% were grey,
7.5% were black, 5.4% were red
and 10.9% were in other colours.
42 MAY 2017