Turkey ranks 16 in global automobile production

Turkey ranked 16th in global automobile production, according to a report from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) released on Monday.

Turkey manufactured 667,592  cars in the period, an increase of 18.4 percent from 2014. 

Global vehicle production rose 0.5 percent in the first six months of 2015 compared with the previous year, 

The data showed that  world auto production reached 45.6 million from January to June this year, up from 45.4 million in 2014

China again topped the list of the 20 biggest automobile producing countries with about 12 million motor vehicles. The world’s second-largest economy manufactured more than one out of every four motor vehicles worldwide, an increase of 2.6 percent compared with the same period of last year.

It was followed by the U.S. with about 6 million and Japan with about 4.5 million vehicles. 

Italy increased its auto production by 43 percent to over half a million cars this year. Turkey’s neighbor Iran increased its motor vehicle production by 14 percent in the period.

Toyota said on Monday that it sold nearly 7.5 million vehicles in the first nine months of the year, more than any other auto maker. 

The company’s global sales during the period were down 1.5 percent from the same period in the previous year.