Turkey: Over 34,000 new vehicles registered in February

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas </p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkey saw 34,025 new road motor vehicle registrations in February this year, the country's statistical authority reported Thursday.</p> <p>TurkStat said the number of motor vehicle registrations in February declined 45.8 percent year-on-year.</p> <p>&quot;Within 34,025 vehicle registrations, cars accounted for 54.3 percent, followed by motorcycles 22.7 and small trucks 12.9 percent…&quot; it said.</p> <p>In terms of distribution of model brands for new registered cars in February, 15 percent were Renault, 14.9 percent Fiat and 11.6 percent Volkswagen.</p> <p>&quot;The total number of road motor vehicles registered to the traffic reached 22.9 million by the end of February,&quot; TurkStat said.</p> <p>Official figures revealed that within the total, cars represented 54.3 percent, followed by small trucks 16.4 percent, while the rest were motorcycles, tractors, trucks, minibuses, buses and special purpose vehicles.</p> <p>Last year, new road motor vehicle registrations in Turkey totaled 903,274 while 256,298 registrations were withdrawn.</p> <p>The country's statistical authority will release the next data on road motor vehicles on May 2.