Automotive Exports – November 2017

Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine
White Color Cars Maintain
Domination
As of the end of August 2017, the total number of road motor vehicles
registered reached 21,863,854 units; white dominates in car color with
59.8% in Turkey
The total number of road
motor vehicles registered to
the traffic reached 21 million 863
thousand 854 by the end of August.
Within the total, cars represented
54%, followed by small trucks 16.4%,
motorcycles 14.1%, tractors 8.3%,
trucks 3.8%, minibuses 2.2%, buses
1% and special purpose vehicles
0.2%, according to the statement
posted by Turkish Statistical Institute.
In August, 107,837 motor vehicle
registrations were recorded
Within 107 thousand 837 vehicle
registrations in August, cars
accounted for 58.7%, followed by
motorcycles 16.4%, small trucks
16.3% and tractors 4.3%. Minibuses,
buses, trucks and special purpose
vehicles constituted 4.3% of new
registrations.
The number of motor vehicle
registrations decreased 15.8%
over previous month
In August 2017, the number of road
motor vehicle registrations decreased
by 15.8% compared with the
previous month. Cars, small trucks,
trucks, motorcycles, special purpose
vehicles and tractors decreased by
15.8%, 14%, 2.4%, 22%, 13.9% and
13.4% respectively. Minibuses and
buses increased by 17% and 10.9%.
The number of vehicles registered
up 12.8% over the same month
previous year
In August, the number of road motor
vehicle registrations increased 12.8%
compared with the same month of
the previous year. Cars, minibuses,
buses, small trucks, trucks and
motorcycles increased by 15.9%,
48.9%, 48.4%, 11.6%, 20.2% and
9.2% respectively. Special purpose
vehicles and tractors decreased by
16.7% and 14.8%.
In January-August, the total
number of vehicles in traffic
increased by 773,430
While 64 thousand 418 road
motor vehicles were withdrawn
from traffic, 837 thousand 848
road motor vehicles were added
in January-August period. Hence,
the total number of road motor
vehicles registered increased by 773
thousand 430.
637,002 road motor vehicles
handed over in August
Among 637 thousand 2 vehicles
handed over, cars accounted for
70.1% followed by small trucks 15.9%,
motorcycles 5.7% and tractors 2.8%.
Minibuses, buses, trucks and special
purpose vehicles constituted 5.5% of
the handed over motor vehicles in
August.
The ratio of cars registered using
LPG was 38.6%
At the end of August, among 11
million 802 thousand 713 registered
cars, the share of LPG-fuelled cars
was 38.6% followed by diesel-fuelled
cars with 34.8% and gasoline-fuelled
cars with 26.1%. The ratio of the cars
with unknown fuel type was 0.4%.
In August, 63,263 cars were
registered to the traffic
In terms of the distribution of
trademarks for the 63 thousand
263 new registered cars in August,
Renault recorded 16%, Volkswagen
12.5%, Fiat 8.6%, Dacia 6.4%, Opel
6.3%, Hyundai 6.2%, Ford 6%, Toyota
5.4%, Mercedes-Benz 4.6%, Nissan
4.1% and the other trademarks
23.9% of the total.
Most frequent engine size was
1501-1600 for registered cars
Within 494 thousand 795 cars
registered to traffic in January-August
2017, 40.4% of them had engine size
1501-1600, 26.9% had 1401-1500,
14.3% had 1300 or less, 13.3% had
1301-1400, 3.9% had 1601-2000,
1.1% had 2001 and above engine
size.
Most frequent colour was white
for registered cars
Within 494 thousand 795 cars
registered to traffic in January-August
period, 59.8% of them were white,
17.5% were grey, 7.5% were black,
5.6% were red and 9.6% were in
other colours.
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