Turkey March 2018: Fiat Egea back on top in market up 3.4%
The Fiat Egea is the best-selling vehicle in Turkey in March.
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The Turkish new light vehicle market gains 3.4% year-on-year to 76.345 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.5% to 158.430 registrations. Renault holds onto the brands pole position despite sales down 2% while Volkswagen remains at #2 but drops 4%. Ford (+4%) overtake Fiat (-10%) for third place with Hyundai (-3%) remaining at #5. Dacia (-3%) soars 6 spots on February to #6 with Toyota (+35%) and Peugeot (+13%) posting the largest gains in the Top 10. Below, Skoda (+118%), Volvo (+117%), Mitsubishi (+85%), Jeep (+57%), Land Rover (+56%), Nissan (+28%), Mazda (+24%), Suzuki (+24%) Audi (+21%), BMW (+18%) and Subaru (+15%) make themselves noticed.
In the models ranking, the Fiat Egea (+25%) reclaims the pole position for the first time in 2018 but remains almost 2.000 units below the Renault Megane (-2%) year-to-date. The Renault Clio (+39%) stays at #2 in the monthly ranking, while the Ford Transit/Tourneo Courier (+22%) leaps up 8 spots on February to #5 and the Honda Civic (+10%) rounds up the Top 5. The Toyota Corolla (+121%) and VW Passat (+65%) post the two largest year-on-year gains in the Top 15 with the Nissan Qashqai (+44%), Dacia Duster (+36%) and Peugeot 301 (+31%) in tow. Notice also the Mitsubishi L200 (+206%), Kia Cerato (+172%), Nissan Micra (+169%), Skoda Octavia (+140%), Superb (+130%), Hyundai Elantra (+125%) and Renault Captur (+115%) all more than doubling their sales year-on-year. The Opel Grandland X dominates recent launches (<12 months) at #61 (+19 spots on February) ahead of the Mercedes X-Class at #71 (+32), Skoda Kodiaq at #74 (+2) and Skoda Karoq at #81 (+58).
Previous month: Turkey February 2018: Renault gains 19%, places Megane and Clio on top
Previous year: Turkey Full Year 2017: Fiat Egea and Renault Megane top market down 2.8%
Full March 2018 Top 40 All-brands and Top 240 All-models below.
