July sales were announced last week. Although the 10th of July was a holiday, the sales made the automotive authorities smile. The sales figures in this process, where we had major problems such as supply problems, currency fluctuations, and inflation, are very close to the years before the pandemic.
This makes the automotive industry very happy. Dealers are going through the process of “the highest profitability ratios”. Distributors sell almost all of the vehicles they bring. They even started to write their customers in the next months.
in social media “Does the excise duty decrease?” like the frivolous rumors that a voice comes out of every head on the other hand, it does not concern either consumers or automotive authorities at all. Those who want to buy a car give their money, wait their turn and take their car. In other words, no one has any expectations about SCT. Such social media rumors do not affect the markets at all.
In this process, Automotive Journalists Association, Automotive Manufacturers Association, TAYSAD senior executives and CEOs of important brands, which are among the main associations and organizations of the sector, who expressed their views at various press conferences, do not talk about SCT at all.
Even the general opinion “It is not rational to talk about SCT reduction at a time when sales are this good” is described as. All senior executives in the automotive industry currently have one common language. All of them agree on the issue of “mobilization of the domestic market”. They argue that this should be done regardless of the SCT reduction. The sales figures are the most important indicator that the consumer does not pay attention to the SCT rumors…
The best-selling automotive brands in July were announced:
While Fiat, Volkswagen and Ford were the brands with the highest sales in the Turkish automobile and light commercial vehicle market, respectively, Fiat, Volkswagen and Renault stood out in automobile sales. According to Automotive Distributors Association (ODD) data, automobile and light commercial vehicle sales increased last month compared to the same period in 2021. increased by 9.1 percent to 52 thousand 206 units. rose. In July, automobile sales increased by 13 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and became 41 thousand 31, while light commercial vehicle sales decreased by 3.1 percent to 11 thousand 175.
Top 5 brands in the total market
According to the information compiled from the ODD report, Fiat took the first place with 13 thousand 680 units in total sales, including passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. This was followed by Volkswagen with 5 thousand 411 sales and Ford with 4 thousand 530 sales. Renault was fourth with 4,459 sales and Dacia was fifth with 3,566 sales.
The scorecard of automobile brands…
Fiat was the brand that sold the most automobiles in July, with 10,495. This was followed by Volkswagen with 4,641 sales and Renault with 3,623 sales. Dacia is in fourth place with 3,566 sales, while Hyundai is in fifth place with 3,303 automobile sales.
Gasoline cars rank first in 7-month sales
While gasoline cars were the most sold in the Turkish automotive market in the 7-month period of this year, the share of diesel cars in the second rank continued to decrease. In the Turkish automobile market, in the 7-month period of this year, gasoline-powered automobiles took the first place with sales of 226 thousand 43 units. Diesel automobile sales, on the other hand, maintained its second place with 54 thousand 654 units. While hybrid car sales were 30,417, auto gas car sales were recorded as 5,667 and electric car sales were recorded as 2,532.
Electric share still low
The share of diesel cars in sales, which was 21.3 percent in January-July 2021, decreased to 17.1 percent in the same period of this year. In the said period, the share of gasoline cars increased from 64.9 percent to 70.8 percent, while the share of auto gas cars decreased from 4.8 percent to 1.8 percent. The share of electric cars in total sales increased from 0.3 percent to 0.8 percent, and the share of hybrid cars from 8.6 percent to 9.5 percent. The data pointed out that the share of electric and hybrid cars, which are also becoming widespread in the world, in the Turkish automobile market is at low levels.