(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The demand for sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in Türkiye has
gained pace in the first 11 months of this year, according to
industry data, in a trend that comes as the country's first
domestically produced electric car brand is set to hit the roads,
trend reports citing
daily
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Some 208,693 units of SUVs have been sold from January through
November this year, according to the Automotive Distributers and
Mobility Association (ODMD) data, up 15.4% versus the same period
of 2021.
Consumer preferences boosted the share of SUVs in overall car
sales to 41.3%, up from 35% a year ago, according to the data that
showed sedans' share dropping to 37.2%, down from 39.4%.
Some 188,244 sedan automobiles were sold in the first 11 months.
Hatchbacks sit third with a 19.7% share, down from 23.7% in 2021,
and 99,815 sales, the data showed.
Overall sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in
Türkiye slipped 1% year-over-year in the January-November period to
688,063 units, the ODMD said, driven by soaring prices and as
problems from logistics bottlenecks to an ongoing chip shortage
curbed production.
Passenger car sales were down 2.4% from a year ago to 505,886
vehicles, while light commercial vehicles saw a drop of 3.4% to
162,177 according to the ODD.
Yet sales in November jumped 36.7% year-over-year to 82,311
units, up from 60,216 a year ago. Sales of both passenger cars and
light commercial vehicles were up 37.8% and 34%, respectively.
The share of SUVs is expected to gain even further pace once
Türkiye's first domestically produced electric vehicle brand hits
the roads in the first months of 2023.
Togg began mass production in late October and sales of its
first model, the C-segment SUV, are set to begin at the end of the
first quarter of next year.
It will be the first electric sport utility vehicle produced in
continental Europe by a nontraditional manufacturer.