Turkey's auto sales up nearly 41 pct in July

By Dilara Zengin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s car and light commercial vehicle sales increased 40.6 percent year-on-year in July, the Automotive Distributors' Association said on Wednesday.

A total of 82,297 automobiles and light commercial vehicles were sold last month, up from 58,533 in 2016, according to a report from the association.

Cars constituted the bulk of last month's sales with 62,384 automobiles having been sold.

Meanwhile, in the January-July period, car and light commercial vehicle sales slipped 2.79 percent year-on-year, the report noted.

The report showed that a total of 483,455 automobiles and light commercial vehicles were sold in the first seven months of 2017, down from 497,350 sales in the same period of last year.

In July, Renault was the top brand with 11,640 units sold, followed by Fiat and Ford with 10,752 and 9,745 units sold, respectively.