In May this year, sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Turkey rose by 70.9 percent year on year and by 14.0 percent month on month to 111,356 units, according to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors and Mobility Association (ODMD). In the given month, domestic sales of passenger cars in Turkey moved up by 68.5 percent year on year and by 12.7 percent month on month to 87,218 units, while sales of light commercial vehicles increased by 79.9 percent year on year and by 19.0 percent month on month to 24,138 units.
In the January-May period this year, domestic sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles saw an increase of 60.5 percent year on year, amounting to 445,006 units. In the given period, domestic sales of passenger cars in the country grew by 58.8 percent to 340,037 units, while sales of light commercial vehicles rose by 66.3 percent to 104,969 units, both on year-on-year basis.