Turkey broke record after record in car sales in 2024, on par with 2023. So much so that from the data from a few days ago we saw that 105,990 cars and light commercial vehicles were sold in February. Now data per fuel type has been published.

Journalist Emre Özpeynirci, He shared data on the automotive market by fuel type compiled by EBS Consulting with ODMD data. The data covers sales in the first two months of 2024 and reveals the most preferred engine types.

While gasoline’s dominance continues, the popularity of hybrid and electric models is increasing

*Source: Emre Özpeynirci & EBS Consulting

Unsurprisingly, according to the data, gasoline-powered vehicles are at the top. Accordingly, out of a total of 146,318 sales in the first two months 66.88% creates gasoline vehicles. this too 97,861 It corresponds to custom. Last year, 65,547 petrol vehicles were sold in the same period. Although the number of sales increased considerably, the market share fell from 68.14% to 66.88%.

When you’re in second place Hybrid with a market share of 15.80% and 23,111 vehicles sold cars there is. With this share, hybrid cars surpassed diesel, which remained at 10.87%. hybrids 58% are mild hybrid It should be noted that . In other words, it is a type of engine that not only powers the vehicle, but supports the combustion engine. Therefore, including these vehicles among petrol engines will not make much difference.

On the other hand, the market share of electric cars is 5.64% and the number of sales is 8,255 It looks like it. There has been a significant increase in sales and market share of electric cars compared to last year. While 1,922 vehicles were sold in the same period of 2023, the market share was 2%. Although there has been an increase in both hybrid and electric products, this is still the caseYour consent rules the entire market we can see. Total sales of electric and hybrid cars correspond to 32% of gasoline sales.

Most preferred fuel types

To take a look at the best-selling vehicles in Turkey: