Motorcycle sales increased! The car dropped to 2nd place

According to the latest statement of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), motorcycle sales in Turkey have increased greatly, leaving behind automobile sales. So what is the latest situation in the market? Here are the details of the increase in motorcycle sales rate…

Motorcycle sales increased! The car dropped to 2nd place

According to February motor vehicle statistics, the number of vehicles registered in traffic reached 193 thousand 600, an increase of 77.6 percent compared to the same month last year. It was noteworthy that motorcycles constituted a large part of this increase.

Among the vehicles registered in traffic, motorcycles lead with a rate of 47.7 percent. While automobiles came after motorcycles with 39.7 percent, pickup trucks were among the registered vehicles with 9.4 percent, tractors with 3.8 percent, trucks with 2.1 percent, minibuses with 0.8 percent and buses with 0.4 percent.

The main reason for this observed large increase is attributed to the new regulation that allows Class B car license holders to drive motorcycles up to 125 cc. Because it made motorcycle use more attractive, especially among the young population, and led to an explosion in motorcycle sales.

In the same period, Renault was the most popular brand with 12.9% among automobile brands with traffic registrations. Renault was followed by Fiat (10.3 percent), Chery (7.5 percent), Toyota (7.2 percent) and Volkswagen (5.7 percent). Hyundai, Peugout, Dacia, Skoda and Opel were also in the top ten with rates ranging from 4.3 percent to 5.7 percent.

While there was a 9.3 percent decrease in the total number of vehicles recorded in February compared to the previous month, the large increase in motorcycle sales has already signaled how the change in urban mobility and transportation preferences will occur in the coming period.