The current and growing chip crisis around the world continues to affect automakers. We talked about the fact that the showrooms were empty due to this crisis experienced in recent days, and the disruptions experienced in the production of many companies.

With the increasing effects of the crisis, car sales were also hard hit. Sales of new cars have fallen significantly compared to last year. It would of course not be correct to attribute the reason for this solely to the chip crisis. Due to the economic situation in our country rising prices also had a major impact on this decline.

Sales of new cars are falling sharply

Uğur Sakarya, deputy general manager of Doğan Trend Automotive Retail Operations and Suvmarket, revealed how much sales are affected by the current situation in our country. According to the by Sakarya. announced figures New vehicle sales have fallen 34 percent since March last year.Used car sales are on the rise. Majority of people prefer used cars because their economic situation is not suitable to buy a new car. For this reason, as the decline in new vehicle sales continues, second-hand sales are increasing.

Sakarya said he did not think the increase in VAT on used car prices from 1 percent to 18 percent would negatively affect sales, and that this arrangement would primarily affect dealers’ profits. Current used sales about 40 percent more than in February stated that. In addition to used vehicles, which had a higher sales rate than last year, SUVs were another emerging category. Uğur Sakarya announced that SUV vehicles are increasingly preferred in our country, and the number of sedan cars has decreased. According to ODD reports from recent months SUV vehicles, which are the most preferred segment The increase is expected to continue to increase in the future.