Turkish auto sales dropped sharply in July, according to the data from a leading association on Tuesday, while cumulative sales in the first seven months of the year saw a contraction of 10.7%.
Passenger car and light commercial vehicle sales fell 25% year-over-year in July to 80,786 units, marking the weakest July performance in the past four years, the data from the Automotive Distributors and Mobility Association (ODMD) revealed.
ODMD data showed passenger car sales declined 25.79% year-on-year to 62,478 units in July, while the light commercial vehicle market contracted 22.17% to 18,308 units.
Compared with the five-year average for July, the combined passenger car and light commercial vehicle market was down 2.8%.
Passenger car sales fell 3.1% from the five-year July average, while light commercial vehicle sales declined 2%.
