By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) - Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Türkiye rose 14.9% year-on-year in October, according to data by an industry group on Wednesday.
A total of 65,222 vehicles were sold across the country last month, the Automotive Distributors Association (ODD) said in a statement.
Passenger cars accounted for nearly 73% or 47,440 of the sales, an increase of 17.1% during the same period.
As many as 17,782 light commercial vehicles were also sold, up 9.5% from a year earlier.
The association said the automotive market last month fell 4.6% compared to the average 10-year October sales.
In January-October, Türkiye's automotive market narrowed 4.7% on an annual basis to 585,752 vehicles.
Passenger car sales dove 6% from last year to 446,664 in the first 10 months of 2022.