Automotive Exports – November 2017

Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine
Domestic Automotive Market
Expands 10.5% In October
Turkey’s automobile and light commercial vehicle domestic market
performed 10.5 percent growth to the number of 91 thousand 752 units in
October 2017 compared to the same month previous year
Turkey’s automobile and
light commercial vehicle
domestic market performed 10.5
percent growth to the number of
91 thousand 752 units in October
2017 compared to the same
month last year, according to the
Turkish Automotive Distributors
Association (ODD). Last year in
October, 83 thousand vehicles
were sold in the domestic market.
In October 2017, the sales of
automobiles were 70,488 units
with 10.58 percent rise, last year
the sales of automobiles were
63,746 units.
As for the light commercial vehicle,
the sales increased 10.44 percent
to 21,264 units which were
19,254 units in 2016.
However, in the first ten months
the total sales of automobile in
the domestic market constricted
slightly in the rate of 0.06 percent
to 719,095 units which were
719,499 units in the same period
last year.
In terms of the engine volume the
automotive sales decreased 1.2
percent under 1600cc engine, 2.1
percent between 1600-2000cc
engine and 49.3 percent in over
2000cc engine respectively as
of the end of October 2017. In
this period, 49 electric and 3,252
hybrid automobiles were sold in
the domestic market.
As for the emission rates, the
automobiles having emission rate
in 100-120 gr/km ranked the
highest share with 42.7 percent to
233,360 units.
In the first ten months this year,
the rate of diesel-powered
automobiles decreased by 61
percent, automatic transmission
automobiles surged by 59.5
percent.
According to the statement from
Hayri Erce, General Coordinator of
the ODD, the automotive sector
domestic market expectation
would be between 950-1 million
units in 2018.
26 NOVEMBER 2017