In the Turkish automotive market, the market share of automatic cars reached 89.3% in the January-March period. It was stated that the fact that the global production of automatic transmission automobiles is higher than that of manual transmission also has an impact on sales. All F, E and D segment cars consist of automatic transmission cars.
In the Turkish automotive market, sales of automatic transmission vehicles continued to rise in the January-March period of this year. It is stated that this increase is also due to the fact that the global production of automatic transmission automobiles is higher than that of manual transmission.
According to data compiled from the Automotive Distributors and Mobility Association (ODMD), Turkiye’s total automobile and light commercial vehicle market grew by 25.2% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period of 2023, reaching 295 thousand 519 units.
During this period, automobile sales increased by 33.05% to 233 thousand 389 units, and light commercial vehicle sales increased by 2.6% to 62 thousand 130 units.
THE SHARE OF MANUAL CARS APPROACHED SINGLE DIGITS
As of the end of March, cars with automatic transmission had an 89.3% share of sales with 208 thousand 441 units, while the share of cars with manual transmission was 10.7% with 24 thousand 948 units. Thus, 9 out of every 10 cars sold in the said period were recorded as automatic transmission.
LOWEST SHARE IN C SEGMENT
When considered on a segment basis, the ultra-luxury segment (F), luxury segment (E) and upper-middle segment (D) had the highest automatic transmission share with 100%. These segments were followed by the A segment, known as the smallest city cars, with 97.4%, the B segment, known as the small vehicle class, with 94.85, and the C segment, known as the compact class or lower middle class, with 84.2%.
Based on automobile sales in March, automatic transmission sales exceeded manual transmission sales. Last month, 29 thousand 276 of the total 40 thousand 512 automobile sales were automatic transmission cars.
THE SHARE OF MANUAL IS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL
Considering the periods, the market share of manual transmission cars continued its decreasing trend.
In the January-March period of last year, the market share of automatic transmission cars was 73.2% and sales were 128 thousand 403 units, while the market share of manual transmission cars was 26.8% and sales were 47 thousand 18 units.
In the January-March period of 2022, the share of manual transmission cars in total sales was recorded at 21.8%, in the same period of 2021 it was 23.5%, and in 2020 it was 28.49%, 36.42% in 2019, 34.94% in 2018, 41.13% in 2017, 45.87% in 2016 and 53.23% in 2015.
In the 2006 report, which included the first data on the ODMD website, the share of automatic transmission vehicle sales in all segments was recorded as 22%, and the share of manual transmission vehicle sales was recorded as 88%.
Source: NTV / Prepared by Irem Yildiz