With the inclusion of December in the automotive market data shared by ODMD, the general picture is officially before us.
With the year 2022 behind us, the overall scorecard of the automobile market in Turkey has finally appeared. After the December sales became clear, we see that the automobile and light commercial vehicle market increased by 6.2 percent in the 12-month period compared to the previous year. The Turkish automobile and light commercial vehicle total market increased at this rate, reaching a total of 783,283 units. In the January-December period of 2022, automobile sales increased by 5.5% compared to the previous year and reached 592,660 units, while the light commercial vehicle market increased by 8.6% to 190,623 units.
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Auto sales increased sharply when availability
ODMD When we look at the data shared by the company, we can see that a serious sales graph was captured only last December. In the scenario where vehicle supply can be provided, we see that the passenger and light commercial vehicle market increased by 85.1 percent. Under this heading, automobile sales increased by 99.2 percent, while the light commercial vehicle market increased by 52.2 percent. It is noteworthy that 86,774 cars were sold in December alone. All sales figures are 0.8 percent less than the 10-year December average sales.
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SUV sales top
We can say that the differences are very clear in terms of sales, body type and segment. When we look at the general market by body types in 2022, we see that SUV type models sold 245,410 units with a share of 41.4 percent. SUVs are followed by Sedan with a share of 36.6% and sales of 217.004 units, and H/B models with a share of 20.1 and sales of 119,087 units.