Automobile Sales Decreased 34.3% in One Year

Automotive Distributors Association (ODD) published its March report on the automobile industry in Turkey today. The report, which includes data on the month in which we left the first quarter of the year, the decline in the automobile market revealed.

According to the shared data, the Turkish automobile and light commercial vehicle total market, In the period of January – March 2022 Compared to the same period of the previous year, it decreased by 23.5% and amounted to 152,050 units. Car sales are also compared to the same periods. decreased by 25.3% and it was limited to 116,834 units. The light commercial market is down 16.5% It included 35,216 sales.

March was a bittersweet month for the auto industry:

The March special, on the other hand, pointed to a major decrease in the automobile sector. Considering only the month of March automobile and light commercial vehicle market, as of March 2021 decreased by 33.4% and realize it as 64,267 pieces. automobile sales down 34.3% While the light commercial vehicle market was realized as 50,173 29.8% decreased. Automobile and light commercial market, according to 10-year average sales in March decreased by 7.3% (car 5.8%; light commercial 12.2%).

In fact, according to the numbers of the expectations, or rather, the doomsayers. a good result These data, which are available, also listed the best-selling brands and models as follows:

Automobile + light commercial sales (January – March)

• FIAT –22,427 units (8,744 cars)
• Renault – 20,618 (9,779 cars)
• Ford – 14,185 units (2,386 cars)
• Hyundai – 11,616 (11,402 cars)
• Toyota – 10,076 cars (8,102 cars)
• Volkswagen – 10,581 units (8,511 cars)
• Dacia – 9,030 units (all cars)

Top selling car models (January – March)

• Renault Clio – 5,103 units
• FIAT Egea – 3,596 units
• Dacia Duster – 3,145 units

Details in the report, SUV sales market share is 41% and hybrid sales are up 13% also revealed.