The Renault Clio was Turkey's No. 2 seller in September and through nine months.
Renault-Nissan, Ford Motor, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group increased September sales in Turkey by triple-digit percentages, helping the market to a 115 percent gain for the month.
Ford increased sales by 201 percent because of big gains for its passenger and commercial vehicle arms. Ford's van unit was led by the market's No. 4-seller, the Ford Transit Courier/Tourneo Courier, and the Ford Transit/Tourneo at No. 7.
The passenger car side of the business was boosted by demand for the Ford Focus, which finished the month as the No. 14 seller, according to data from market researcher JATO Dynamics.
FCA, which rose by 185 percent, claimed three spots in the market's Top 25 sellers for September, starting with the market leader, the Fiat Egea family of cars. The automaker also got a big lift from its commercial vehicle unit with the Fiat Doblo van and Fiat Fiorino/Qubo vans finishing the month at No. 6 and No. 9, respectively.
Renault-Nissan was up 103 percent for the month because of big gains for its namesake brands and Dacia. The Renault Clio small car finished the month as Turkey's No. 2-seller and the automaker's Megane compact was No. 5. Nissan was led by the Qashqai compact SUV at No. 8 while the Dacia Duster small crossover finished the month at No. 18.
PSA boosted sales 144 percent in September because of a 340 percent gain for its DS brand; a 254 percent increase for Citroen, led by the C3 small car; and a 215 percent gain for Opel on strong demand for the Corsa subcompact and Astra compact.
Turkey's rebound was helped by the end of stay-at-home orders and lockdown measures, and low-interest loan packages for individual and corporate customers.
The market's strong gain in August pushed Turkey's nine-month sales up 75 percent compared with same period in 2019. As a result the Automotive Distributors Association revised upward its full-year sales forecast to 700,000 to 750,000 vehicles.
The nine-month leaders in vehicle sales were the Egea, No. 1 with a volume of 56,558, followed by the Renault Clio (35,408), the Renault Megane (24,744), the Ford Transit Courier/Tourneo Courier (21,504) and the Toyota Corolla (19,983).
