Turkish automobile and light commercial vehicle (LCV) market surged 40 percent in the first 9
months this year to 662,988 units in the first 9 month over the same period previous year.
Turkish automobile and light commercial vehicle market, which achieved growth in the previous eight months, plunged 3.77 percent to 64,025 units in September 2015. In September the sales of automobiles constricted 4.41 percent to 47,088 units, last year the sales of automobiles were 49,262 units. The light commercial vehicle market decreased 1.92 percent to 16,937 units in September over the same month last year. However, the automobile and light commercial vehicle market surged 40 percent in the first 9 months this year; the growth was 37 percent in automobile market and 52 percent in light commercial vehicle with regard to increase in the previous months of the year in the market. The total market of Turkish automobile and light commercial vehicle boosted 40 percent to 662,988 units in the first 9 month over the same period previous year. The sales figure was 473,498 units in the first 9 months last year. The sales of automobiles were 500,905 units in this period increasing 36.57 percent. Last year the figure was 366,768 units. The light commercial vehicle market surged 51.86 percent to 162,083 units in this period this year, last year the sales figure was 106,730 units.