Sales Of Automobiles Rise 304.5 Percent In January

ISTANBUL - Sales of automobiles rose 304.5 percent in January of 2004 when compared to sales in January of 2003.
According to the statistics of the Association of Automotive Distributors (ODD), 16,813 imported and 8,812 domestic automobiles were sold last month.
In the same period, sales of light commercial vehicles rose 121.8 percent to 10,374.
Imported automobiles had a 65.6 percent share in total sales in January of 2004.
In January of 2003, 6,335 automobiles and 4,677 light commercial vehicles had been sold.
According to ODD data, sales of automobiles are as follows:

DOMESTIC IMPORTED TOTAL
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RENAULT 3,793 948 4,741
OPEL 0 3,816 3,816
FIAT 2,703 242 2,945
V.WAGEN 0 2,165 2,165
FORD 0 1,934 1,934
PEUGEOT 20 1,683 1,703
TOYOTA 864 712 1,576
HYUNDAI 844 538 1,382
HONDA 588 473 1,061
SEAT 0 566 566
CITROEN 0 510 510
SKODA 0 466 466
NISSAN 0 327 327
LADA 0 306 306
KIA 0 241 241
DACIA 0 210 210
AUDI 0 197 197
BMW 0 185 185
MITSUBISHI 0 170 170
SUBARU 0 158 158
SUZUKI 0 157 157
MAZDA 0 149 149
DAIHATSU 0 126 126
MERCEDES 0 120 120
VOLVO 0 116 116
A.ROMEO 0 108 108
LAND ROVER 0 78 78
CHRYSLER 0 62 62
MINI 0 24 24
ROVER 0 12 12
PORSCHE 0 10 10
JAGUAR 0 3 3
SAAB 0 1 1
FERRARI 0 0 0
MG 0 0 0
MASERATI 0 0 0
ROLLS/BENTLEY 0 0 0
TATA 0 0 0
TVR - CATERHAM 0 0 0
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TOTAL 8,812 16,813 25,625

(MS-AÖ) 13.02.2004