Turkey car registrations 2026: Renault leads, hybrid and EV share overtakes gasoline

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Turkey registered 15,136 new Renault passenger cars in the first half of 2026 — in June alone the brand captured 20.5% of the monthly total. Its closest rival, Hyundai, managed just 5,248 cars and a 7.1% share. Volkswagen took third place with 4,908 registrations, Fiat fourth with 4,791. Renault outsold its nearest pursuer by almost three to one, according to a report from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

A total of 73,665 passenger cars were registered in Turkey in June. The top ten also included Toyota with 3,825 cars, Peugeot with 3,695, Mercedes-Benz with 3,022, Citroen with 2,272 and BMW with 2,077. Local EV maker Togg registered 2,073 cars, nearly matching BMW.

Registration statistics don't fully mirror retail sales, since a car can be registered later than the actual purchase. Still, TÜİK's data reflects real growth in the national fleet and offers a read on demand structure without dealer-stock distortion.

The bigger shift isn't just in the brand rankings. Turkey registered 456,050 passenger cars between January and June. Gasoline models accounted for 41.8%, hybrids for 31.6%, and fully electric cars for 17.8%. Combined, hybrid and electric vehicles reached a 49.4% share, overtaking gasoline by 7.6 percentage points. Diesel held onto just 7.8% of registrations, LPG-powered cars 1%.

Meanwhile the wider transport market shrank: 962,739 vehicles of all kinds — cars, motorcycles, trucks and others — were registered in the first half of the year, down 11.7% from a year earlier. The overall decline came alongside a rapid shift in powertrains within the passenger-car segment.

Gray remained the most popular color, chosen for 190,529 passenger cars, or 41.8% of first-half registrations. White accounted for 117,004 cars, black for 54,144, blue for 44,877. Red took just 14,634 cars.

Renault's position is underpinned by local production. SPEEDME previously reported on the start of Boreal crossover assembly at the Bursa plant, from which the model will supply Turkey and neighboring regions. At the same time, the market lost its longtime leader: Fiat Tipo/Egea production came to an end after 1.417 million cars built.

June's Renault result can't yet be projected across the full first half. But the gap to its rivals and its 20.5% share suggest that with Fiat Egea off the line, the French brand has the best shot at claiming the vacated spot in the mass-market segment.