Number of vehicles used in Turkey grows
By Trend
In September of 2019, the number of vehicles used in Turkey increased by 16 percent, compared to September 2018, and amounted to 23.1 million vehicles, Trend reports referring to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
The TUIK report notes that in September 2019, the share of cars in the total number of vehicles in Turkey amounted to 54.1 percent, vans and trucks - 16.4 percent, motorcycles - 14.3 percent, tractors - 8.2 percent and 7 percent accounted for other vehicles.
Moreover, 13.2 percent of the vehicles used were produced by Renault, 10.4 percent - by Fiat, 14.3 percent - by Volkswagen, 4.9 percent - by Honda. The remaining 57.2 percent accounted for other car brands.
Turkey ranks sixth in Europe in car production. Ford, FIAT, Renault, Toyota, Honda, Opel, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and MAN are currently assembled in Turkey. Turkey also manufactures local brands of buses such as BMC, Temsa and Otokar.
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