In Türkiye in 2022, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of registered vehicles increased by 10.1% and became 1 million 269 thousand 912 while the number of withdrawn road motor vehicles decreased by 17.1% and became 35 thousand 585.

Hence, the increase in motor vehicles registered became 1 million 234 thousand 327 in 2022. 

In December, 137 thousand 173 road motor vehicle registrations were recorded

Regarding the vehicle registrations in December, cars accounted for 41.2%, followed by motorcycles 37.2%, small trucks 12.2%, tractors 6.4%, trucks 2.1%, minibuses 0.5%, buses 0.3% and special purpose vehicles 0.1%.

The number of road motor vehicle registrations increased by 11.7% compared with the previous month

In December, compared with the previous month, the number of road motor vehicle registrations increased by 37.6% for motorcycles, 12.0% for tractors, 2.3% for minibuses, 1.9% for cars while it decreased by 18.9% for buses, 17.2% for trucks, 5.2% for small trucks and 1.7% for special purpose vehicles respectively.  

The number of road motor vehicles registered increased by 109.2% compared with the same month of the previous year

In December, compared with the same month of the previous year, the number of road motor vehicle registrations increased by 264.2%, 91.2%, 84.0%, 43.2%, 26.3%, 24.3%, 16.9% for motorcycles, cars, minibuses, small trucks, tractors, buses, trucks respectively, while it decreased by 19.7% for special purpose vehicles.

At the end of December, the total number of road motor vehicles registered reached 26 million 482 thousand 847

At the end of December, cars represented 53.9%, small trucks 16.2%, motorcycles 15.6%, tractors 7.9%, trucks 3.5%, minibuses 1.8%, buses 0.8% and special purpose vehicles 0.3% of total number of road motor vehicles registered.

1 million 106 thousand 203 road motor vehicles handed over in December

Among vehicles handed over in December, cars accounted for 69.1% followed by small trucks 16.3%, motorcycles 5.4%, tractors 4.2%, trucks 2.5%, minibuses 1.8%, buses 0.5% and special purpose vehicles 0.2%.  

In December, 56 thousand 506 cars were registered to the traffic

In terms of the distribution of trademarks for the new registered cars in December, Fiat recorded 14.5%, Renault 13.9%, Toyota 7.2%, Volkswagen 6.1%, Hyundai 6.0%, Opel 5.4%, Kia 4.3%, Mercedes-Benz 4.3%, Peugeot 4.1%, Dacia 3.9%, BMW 3.7%, Honda 3.7%, Citroen 3.5%, 3.4% Skoda, Audi 2.9%, Nissan 2.4%, Ford 2.2%, Seat 1.7%, Volvo 1.4%, Suzuki 1.2% and 4.3% the other trademarks of the total.   

In the period of January-December, the ratio of cars registered using gasoline was 70.1%

Among 566 thousand 280 cars registered in the period of January-December, the share of gasoline-fuelled cars was 70.1% followed by diesel-fuelled cars with 18.0%, hybrid cars with 8.5%, LPG-fuelled cars with 2.0% and electric cars with 1.4%. At the end of December, among 14 million 269 thousand 352 registered cars, the share of diesel-fuelled cars was 36.9% followed by LPG-fuelled cars with 35.1% and gasoline-fuelled cars with 26.8%. The share of hybrid cars was 0.9% and electric cars was 0.1%. The cars with unknown fuel type was 0.2%.

Most frequent engine size was 1300 or less for registered cars in January-December period

Within 566 thousand 280 cars registered to traffic in January-December period, 31.0% had 1300 or less, 27.2% had 1401-1500, 24.4% had 1301-1400, 9.3% had 1501-1600, 5.8% had 1601-2000, 0.8% had 2001 and above engine size.   

In January-December period 223 thousand 999 of cars registered were white

Within 566 thousand 280 cars registered to traffic in January-December period, 39.6% of them were white, 28.8% were grey, 11.3% were blue, 7.7% were black, 7.2% were red, 2.5% were orange, 1.5% were green, 0.7% were brown and 0.6% were yellow.      

Average age of vehicles registered to traffic was calculated as 14.8

By the end of 2022, the average age of 26 million 482 thousand 847 road motor vehicles registered to traffic in Türkiye was calculated as 14.8. Average age was 14.0 for cars, 15.5 for minibuses, 15.4 for buses, 13.3 for small trucks, 17.8 for trucks, 13.3 for motorcycles, 14.3 for special purpose vehicles and 24.4 for tractors.

Average age of vehicles handed over was calculated as 13.2

In Türkiye the average age of 9 million 563 thousand 925 road motor vehicles handed over was calculated as 13.2 in 2022. Average age was 14.1 for cars, 12.9 for minibuses, 11.3 for buses, 11.6 for small trucks, 14.3 for trucks, 5.8 for motorcycles, 15.4 for special purpose vehicles and 19.5 for tractors. (ILKHA)