Chery sells over 5,000 units in Türkiye in July with just 3 models.
Note the June 2023 report has been updated with a Top 30 models.
It’s another record for the Turkish new light vehicle market in July with sales up a whopping 115.4% to 112,459 units, smashing its previous July best of 87,401 sales hit in July 2020. Every single month of the year so far has been a monthly record which brings the year-to-date tally up 63.1% to an all-time high 668,828 units after 7 months. We detailed in the June 2023 report the reasons behind this market surge and they range from minimum wages rising 55% and low interest rates at 8.5% vs. 40% of inflation. In this context Fiat (+35.1%) reclaims the brands top spot but vastly trails the market, keeping in mind July 2022 was a particularly good month for the Italian manufacturer as it broke its market share record to 26.2%. Volkswagen (+119.8%) matches the market and climbs 6 spots on June to #2, distancing Ford (+157.3%) and Peugeot (+566.8%). Renault (+68.6%) falls from #1 in June to #5 with 6.7% share vs. 9.9% so far this year. Opel (+257.8%) and Citroen (+218.5%) also impress in the remainder of the Top 10 while Chery is up two ranks on last month to #8, now outselling Hyundai (#9) ad Toyota (#11).
Previous month: Türkiye June 2023: Another record with sales up 38.1%
One year ago: Türkiye July 2022: Fiat (+93.6%) breaks share record again
Full July 2023 Top 47 All brands ranking below.
Turkey July 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Jul-23 | % | /22 | Jun | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Fiat | 18,478 | 16.4% | 35.1% | 2 | 119,645 | 17.9% | 57.8% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Volkswagen | 11,892 | 10.6% | 119.8% | 8 | 51,610 | 7.7% | 49.6% | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Ford | 11,656 | 10.4% | 157.3% | 3 | 62,459 | 9.3% | 69.2% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Peugeot | 8,148 | 7.2% | 566.8% | 6 | 49,040 | 7.3% | 199.6% | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Renault | 7,520 | 6.7% | 68.6% | 1 | 66,225 | 9.9% | 23.1% | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Opel | 7,328 | 6.5% | 257.8% | 4 | 46,046 | 6.9% | 143.7% | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Dacia | 6,235 | 5.5% | 74.8% | 12 | 27,660 | 4.1% | 28.7% | 10 | 8 |
| 8 | Chery | 5,030 | 4.5% | new | 10 | 14,787 | 2.2% | new | 13 | – |
| 9 | Hyundai | 5,010 | 4.5% | 43.1% | 9 | 32,833 | 4.9% | 20.2% | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | Citroen | 4,296 | 3.8% | 218.5% | 5 | 36,326 | 5.4% | 153.0% | 7 | 10 |
| 11 | Toyota | 4,264 | 3.8% | 42.9% | 7 | 28,066 | 4.2% | 6.7% | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | Skoda | 2,579 | 2.3% | 155.1% | 13 | 20,388 | 3.0% | 89.1% | 11 | 14 |
| 13 | Audi | 2,008 | 1.8% | 179.7% | 15 | 12,859 | 1.9% | 63.4% | 14 | 16 |
| 14 | BMW | 1,965 | 1.7% | 44.6% | 17 | 12,505 | 1.9% | 59.7% | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Mercedes | 1,924 | 1.7% | 75.1% | 11 | 14,857 | 2.2% | 37.5% | 12 | 11 |
| 16 | Kia | 1,828 | 1.6% | 16.2% | 14 | 11,971 | 1.8% | 22.7% | 16 | 13 |
| 17 | MG | 1,820 | 1.6% | 22650.0% | 25 | 5,094 | 0.8% | 698.4% | 21 | 27 |
| 18 | Honda | 1,618 | 1.4% | 21.3% | 16 | 11,056 | 1.7% | -14.0% | 17 | 12 |
| 19 | Nissan | 1,460 | 1.3% | 386.7% | 20 | 8,257 | 1.2% | 68.6% | 18 | 17 |
| 20 | Volvo | 1,273 | 1.1% | 726.6% | 18 | 6,430 | 1.0% | 93.9% | 19 | 18 |
| 21 | Cupra | 1,086 | 1.0% | 1740.7% | 19 | 4,715 | 0.7% | 291.0% | 22 | 22 |
| 22 | Suzuki | 993 | 0.9% | 480.7% | 24 | 2,903 | 0.4% | 239.9% | 23 | 20 |
| 23 | Seat | 918 | 0.8% | 150.1% | 21 | 5,297 | 0.8% | 33.2% | 20 | 19 |
| 24 | Togg | 627 | 0.6% | new | 23 | 1,435 | 0.2% | new | 28 | – |
| 25 | DS | 570 | 0.5% | 211.5% | 22 | 2,707 | 0.4% | 230.5% | 24 | 26 |
| 26 | Jeep | 394 | 0.4% | 545.9% | 27 | 1,773 | 0.3% | 20.1% | 25 | 23 |
| 27 | Alfa Romeo | 297 | 0.3% | 9800.0% | 31 | 1,596 | 0.2% | 3611.6% | 26 | 31 |
| 28 | Isuzu | 235 | 0.2% | 193.8% | 29 | 1,476 | 0.2% | 80.4% | 27 | 25 |
| 29 | Land Rover | 224 | 0.2% | -1.3% | 32 | 1,373 | 0.2% | 73.6% | 30 | 28 |
| 30 | Mini | 219 | 0.2% | 110.6% | 30 | 1,208 | 0.2% | 134.6% | 31 | 29 |
| 31 | SsangYong | 127 | 0.1% | 32.3% | 34 | 834 | 0.1% | 47.9% | 32 | 30 |
| 32 | Iveco | 91 | 0.1% | -53.1% | 26 | 1,375 | 0.2% | -7.3% | 29 | 21 |
| 33 | Porsche | 69 | 0.1% | -17.9% | 35 | 694 | 0.1% | 106.5% | 34 | 32 |
| 34 | Maserati | 65 | 0.1% | 242.1% | 38 | 372 | 0.1% | 327.6% | 36 | 37 |
| 35 | Skywell | 50 | 0.0% | new | 28 | 621 | 0.1% | new | 35 | – |
| 36 | Lexus | 43 | 0.0% | 138.9% | 37 | 302 | 0.0% | 72.6% | 38 | 35 |
| 37 | Subaru | 35 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 33 | 714 | 0.1% | 111.9% | 33 | 33 |
| 38 | Leapmotor | 20 | 0.0% | new | 36 | 220 | 0.0% | new | 41 | – |
| 39 | Mazda | 20 | 0.0% | -31.0% | 40 | 123 | 0.0% | 23.0% | 42 | 38 |
| 40 | Mitsubishi | 19 | 0.0% | -84.7% | 39 | 326 | 0.0% | -79.2% | 37 | 24 |
| 41 | Karsan | 12 | 0.0% | -40.0% | 41 | 238 | 0.0% | 34.5% | 40 | 36 |
| 42 | Bentley | 4 | 0.0% | n/a | 44 | 20 | 0.0% | 122.2% | 44 | 42 |
| 43 | Jaguar | 2 | 0.0% | -75.0% | 43 | 70 | 0.0% | 62.8% | 43 | 39 |
| 44 | Aston Martin | 2 | 0.0% | -33.3% | 45 | 16 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 45 | 40 |
| 45 | Ferrari | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 47 | 14 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 46 | 41 |
| 46 | Lamborghini | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 46 | 10 | 0.0% | 233.3% | 47 | 43 |
| 47 | DFSK | 1 | 0.0% | -94.4% | 42 | 282 | 0.0% | 44.6% | 39 | 34 |
Source: ODMD
