Mobility Association

The Turkish automotive market experienced a slowdown in October, with passenger car sales dropping by 8.4% year-on-year, according to data released by the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD).

The combined sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles grew by 0.8 percent year-on-year in August to 90,134, according to data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD) on Sept. 3.

The combined sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles declined for a fourth month in a row in July, data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD) has shown.

The market contracted 17.5 percent year-on-year in July when a little more than 94,000 vehicles were sold.

The combined sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles declined by 22.3 percent in April from a year ago to around 76,000 units, the data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD) showed on May 3.

The combined sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles increased by 30.6 percent in February from a year ago to a total of 106,000 vehicles, according to the data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD).

With more than 60,000 electric vehicles sold this year and sales leaping nearly 870 percent, Türkiye is presently ranking eighth largest market for EVs in Europe.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that they aim to make Türkiye one of the world's leading actors in electric vehicle and battery production.

The combined sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) increased by 55.4 percent in October from a year ago to 101,367, data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD) have shown.

In the previous month, sales were up 55.9 percent year-on-year to around 97,000 units.

Ford is preparing to introduce its Bronco Sport, Edge and F-150 models to the Turkish market for the first time.

Those models are expected to be made available to Turkish consumers starting from the end of 2023 and at the start of 2024.

Due to the homologation issues, initially, 70 units per model will be offered in the local market.

The annual increase in passenger car sales slowed from 109 percent in July to 88 percent in August, the data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD) have shown.

Last month, a total of 66,131 passenger cars were sold on the local market, down from around 86,000 cars sold in July. 

People from the auto industry had expected sales to slow in August.