By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) - A total of 116,988 vehicles were registered in Turkey in July, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced Friday.
The figure fell 15.8% from the same month last year but posted a month-on-month rise of 12.1%, TurkStat said.
The total number of road motor vehicles registered to traffic topped 24.8 million by the end of July, TurkStat said.
Automobiles accounted for 54% of new registrations, followed by motorcycles with 24.3%, small trucks 14.7%, and tractors 3.7%.
Broken down by model brands of newly registered cars, 15.2% were Fiat, 13.4% Renault, and 9.7% Volkswagen.
This January-July, the number of registered vehicles jumped 37.4% year-on-year to 724,277.