Turkey sees 42% rise in registered vehicles in January

ANKARA

The number of motor vehicle registrations in Turkey jumped 42.2% year-on-year to 94,540 vehicles in January, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced Friday.

"At the end of January, the total number of road motor vehicles registered reached 23.2 million," TurkStat said.

Automobiles accounted for the lion's share of new registrations with 69.8%, while small trucks and motorcycles represented 16.4% and 6.7%, respectively.

As for the car makes registered, Fiat made up 18.4% of new registrations, followed by Renault with 16.8% and Dacia with 9.2%.