Turkey February 2011: Renault Symbol leads, Fiat Linea #5

The Turkish car market continues its exceptional run, up 88% in February at 39,004 registrations, and up 107% year-to-date at 68,872 units.

The Renault Symbol maintains its stranglehold on the ranking at 2,304 sales and 5.9% share (7.4% year-to-date), ahead of the Hyundai Accent Era (+1 spot, 5%) and the Ford Fiesta (+2 spots, 4.9%).

The Renault Fluence is stable in 4th and the Fiat Linea is up 6 spots in 5th at 4.1% share. The Dacia Duster stays in the Top 20 at #19 with 551 sales and 1.4% and the Renault Latitude finds 266 buyers for its very first month of sales in the country (#32).

Full Top 25 Ranking Table below.

Turkey February 2011:

Pos	Model	Feb	%	Jan	2011	%	Pos	2010
1	Renault Symbol	2,304	5.9%	1	5,111	7.4%	1	1
2	Hyundai Accent Era	1,939	5.0%	3	3,610	5.2%	2	2
3	Ford Fiesta	1,930	4.9%	5	3,333	4.8%	3	5
4	Renault Fluence	1,795	4.6%	4	3,278	4.8%	4	3
5	Fiat Linea	1,613	4.1%	11	2,224	3.2%	7	8
6	Toyota Corolla	1,455	3.7%	6	2,838	4.1%	6	4
7	Opel Astra	1,383	3.5%	7	2,164	3.1%	8	7
8	VW Jetta	1,272	3.3%	2	3,027	4.4%	5	15
9	Ford Focus Sedan	872	2.2%	8	1,634	2.4%	9	6
10	Renault Megane	807	2.1%	17	1,227	1.8%	12	18
11	Opel Corsa	793	2.0%	21	1,120	1.6%	14	10
12	VW Passat	759	1.9%	13	1,293	1.9%	11	14
13	Ford Focus	732	1.9%	20	1,091	1.6%	15	13
14	Fiat Albea	728	1.9%	9	1,354	2.0%	10	9
15	Nissan Qashqai	713	1.8%	28	965	1.4%	20	21
16	Honda Civic Sedan	635	1.6%	39	759	1.1%	23	11
17	VW Polo	581	1.5%	16	1,008	1.5%	18	20
18	Fiat Grande Punto	561	1.4%	12	1,152	1.7%	13	16
19	Dacia Duster	551	1.4%	19	951	1.4%	21	38
20	Toyota Auris	525	1.3%	14	1,029	1.5%	16	17
21	Chevrolet Captiva	524	1.3%	15	975	1.4%	19	27
22	Peugeot 206+	511	1.3%	–	572	0.8%	30	30
23	Hyundai i20	501	1.3%	22	826	1.2%	22	39
24	Renault Clio HB	453	1.2%	30	685	1.0%	25	24
25	Opel Insignia	396	1.0%	29	647	0.9%	27	31

Source: www.testyilligi.com