According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in November 2014 new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey decreased by 1.3 percent year on year to 93,842 units and increased by six percent on month-on-month basis. In the January-November period last year, new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey totaled 946,752 units, decreasing by 9.8 percent compared to the same period of 2013.
New passenger car registrations in November 2014 totaled 55,870 units, increasing by 8.6 percent as compared to October but down 7.73 percent year on year. Passenger cars accounted for 59.5 percent of total new motor vehicle registrations in the given month.
On the other hand, new small truck registrations in November decreased by 24.1 percent month on month and were up 31.9 percent year on year, amounting to 15,181 units. Small truck registrations constituted 16.2 percent of total new registrations in November.