TURKSTAT Announced August 2026 Motor Land Vehicle Statistics

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced August 2026 motor land vehicle statistics. Accordingly, 171 thousand 887 vehicles were registered to traffic in August.

47.5 PERCENT OF VEHICLES REGISTERED IN AUGUST WERE MOTORCYCLES

Of the vehicles registered to traffic in August, 47.5 percent were motorcycles, 38.4 percent were automobiles, 9.6 percent were pickup trucks, 1.6 percent were tractors, 1.6 percent were trucks, 0.8 percent were minibuses, 0.4 percent were buses and 0.1 percent were special purpose vehicles.

THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES REGISTERED TO TRAFFIC DECREASED BY 17.2 PERCENT ON A MONTHLY BASIS

The number of vehicles registered to traffic in August decreased by 17.2 percent compared to the previous month.

During this period, there was an increase of 12.2 percent in minibuses and 0.3 percent in buses; There was a decrease of 39.5 percent in special purpose vehicles, 32.0 percent in trucks, 18.2 percent in motorcycles, 16.1 percent in automobiles, 15.7 percent in pickup trucks and 15.5 percent in tractors.

A REGRESSION WAS RECORDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ALSO

In August, the number of vehicles registered to traffic decreased by 20.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.

Compared to the same month of the previous year, there was an increase of 12.9 percent in buses and 0.7 percent in minibuses, while there was a decrease of 30.5 percent in automobiles, 14.0 percent in special purpose vehicles, 13.6 percent in motorcycles, 11.7 percent in tractors, 10.4 percent in trucks and 4.7 percent in pickup trucks.

TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES REGISTERED TO TRAFFIC REACHED 34.9 MILLION

As of the end of August, the total number of vehicles registered in traffic was 34 million 911 thousand 879.

51.7 percent of these vehicles were automobiles, 21.8 percent were motorcycles, 14.3 percent were pickup trucks, 6.7 percent were tractors, 3.0 percent were trucks, 1.6 percent were minibuses, 0.6 percent were buses and 0.3 percent were special purpose vehicles.

917 THOUSAND VEHICLES WERE TRANSFERRED IN AUGUST

917 thousand 143 vehicles were transferred in August.

Of the vehicles transferred, 66.4 percent were automobiles, 13.7 percent were pickup trucks, 12.5 percent were motorcycles, 3.0 percent were tractors, 1.9 percent were trucks, 1.8 percent were minibuses, 0.5 percent were buses and 0.2 percent were special purpose vehicles.

WHICH BRAND OF VEHICLE WAS MOST PREFERRED?

In the distribution of 66 thousand 48 cars registered to traffic in August by brands, Renault ranked first with 12.3 percent.

This was followed by Volkswagen with 8.5 percent, Hyundai with 8.4 percent, TOGG with 7.3 percent, Toyota with 7.2 percent, Peugeot with 5.8 percent, Skoda with 5.2 percent, Mercedes-Benz with 4.6 percent, Citroen with 4.3 percent, Kia with 4.2 percent, Fiat with 3.7 percent, Nissan with 3.4 percent, Opel with 3.1 percent, Opel with 2.8 percent. Volvo was followed by Dacia with 2.4 percent, BMW with 2.4 percent, Chery with 2.3 percent, Audi with 2.0 percent, Honda with 1.5 percent and Jeep with 1.2 percent.

The share of other brands was 7.4 percent.

1.34 MILLION VEHICLES WERE REGISTERED IN EIGHT MONTHS

The number of vehicles registered to traffic in the January-August period decreased by 14.1 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 1 million 342 thousand 134.

In the same period, the number of vehicles deregistered from traffic increased by 23.1 percent, reaching 41 thousand 641. Thus, in the January-August period, the total number of vehicles in traffic increased by 1 million 300 thousand 493.

GASOLINE IS FIRST IN NEW CARS

Of the 600 thousand 859 cars registered to traffic in the January-August period, 40.8 percent were gasoline, 32.1 percent hybrid, 18.1 percent electric, 7.8 percent diesel and 1.2 percent LPG fuel.

As of the end of August, of the 18 million 37 thousand 907 cars registered in traffic, 32.0 percent were diesel, 31.0 percent were gasoline, 29.2 percent were LPG, 5.0 percent were hybrid and 2.6 percent were electric vehicles. The rate of cars with unknown fuel type was recorded as 0.2 percent.

THE CAR WITH THE MOST ENGINE VOLUME OF 1300 AND BELOW WAS RECORDED

Of the 600 thousand 859 cars registered to traffic in the January-August period, 31.5 percent were 1300 and below, 16.7 percent were 1401-1500, 14.3 percent were 1501-1600, 10.6 percent were 1301-1400, 7.9 percent were 1601-2000 and 1.0 of them had engine cylinder volume from 2001 and above.

41.5 PERCENT OF REGISTERED CARS ARE GRAY

Of the 600 thousand 859 cars registered to traffic in the January-August period, 41.5 percent were grey, 25.5 percent were white, 12.0 percent were black, 9.9 percent were blue, 5.7 percent were green, 3.2 percent were red, 1.3 percent were brown, 0.3 percent were orange, 0.3 percent were yellow and 0.1 percent were other colors. occurred.