Singapore Cars Sales 2016 boomed at best since 2005 thanks to the large number of COE released and to the parallel import. Honda jumped on top of the list ahead of Toyota and Mazda.
Market Outlook
Singapore’s economy surprised to the upside in the final quarter of 2016 and avoided a technical recession. The rebound was mainly driven by a turnaround in the manufacturing and the services sectors, while the construction sector, burdened by difficult housing market conditions, continued to contract.
The final quarter’s positive result brought full-year 2016 GDP growth to 1.8%, which, despite being the slowest pace of growth in seven years, testifies to the structural strengths of the small and strongly market-oriented Asian economy in an adverse external environment.
Due to the combined effect of expanded COE released and strong parallel import, the 2016 celebrated a great improvement in the domestic car sales. at best since 2005.
Indeed, according to data released by the Singapore Bureau of Statistics, the total vehicles registered in the year had been 117.437 (+49.8%) including 87.498 car passenger’s (+52.6%), 3.794 Taxis (-6.6%) and 26.145 HCVs and Bus (+54.3%).
Competitive Arena
Thanks to the last quarter sales boom in the parallel import, mainly on the new Vezel, Honda was able to keep the leadership of the car segment with 19.349 sales (+144.4%) ahead of the traditional leader, Toyota, second with 14.432 sales (+42.2%).
In third place Mazda with 7.091 (+34.1%) a breath ahead of Nissan with 7.028 (+26.1%), Mercedes with 6.444 (+19.1%) and BMW with 4.582 (+27.0%).
Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Brands, Groups and Models. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will always have the year to date data updated.
| Rank Dec | Rank 2016 | BRAND | Sales December | Sales 2016 FY | Variation December | Variation 2016 FY | Share December | Share 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Honda | 5.916 | 19.349 | 466,7% | 144,4% | 53,6% | 22,1% |
| 3 | 2 | Toyota | 727 | 14.432 | -35,1% | 42,2% | 6,6% | 16,5% |
| 2 | 3 | Mazda | 857 | 7.091 | 39,8% | 34,1% | 7,8% | 8,1% |
| 4 | 4 | Nissan | 626 | 7.028 | -22,0% | 26,1% | 5,7% | 8,0% |
| 5 | 5 | Mercedes | 397 | 6.444 | 20,7% | 19,2% | 3,6% | 7,4% |
| 10 | 6 | BMW | 194 | 4.582 | -57,2% | 27,0% | 1,8% | 5,2% |
| 9 | 7 | Lexus | 210 | 4.059 | -39,5% | 100,8% | 1,9% | 4,6% |
| 13 | 8 | Mitsubishi | 163 | 3.632 | 63,0% | 163,4% | 1,5% | 4,2% |
| 11 | 9 | Subaru | 184 | 2.902 | -8,0% | 74,0% | 1,7% | 3,3% |
| 8 | 10 | Volkswagen | 220 | 2.779 | 4,3% | -9,1% | 2,0% | 3,2% |
| 12 | 11 | Hyundai | 168 | 2.587 | 10,5% | 43,3% | 1,5% | 3,0% |
| 7 | 12 | Audi | 254 | 2.360 | -3,8% | 12,8% | 2,3% | 2,7% |
| 14 | 13 | Kia | 162 | 2.357 | -9,0% | 48,6% | 1,5% | 2,7% |
| 15 | 14 | Volvo | 140 | 1.485 | 48,9% | 16,6% | 1,3% | 1,7% |
| 6 | 15 | Citroen | 299 | 814 | 353,0% | 18,8% | 2,7% | 0,9% |
| 18 | 16 | Chevrolet | 51 | 623 | 59,4% | 72,6% | 0,5% | 0,7% |
| 17 | 17 | Peugeot | 53 | 608 | -1,9% | 15,8% | 0,5% | 0,7% |
| 22 | 18 | Porsche | 36 | 563 | 300,0% | 1,8% | 0,3% | 0,6% |
| 16 | 19 | Jaguar | 69 | 555 | 53,3% | 44,2% | 0,6% | 0,6% |
| 20 | 20 | Suzuki | 38 | 496 | -24,0% | 93,0% | 0,3% | 0,6% |
| 18 | 21 | Renault | 51 | 462 | -15,0% | 46,2% | 0,5% | 0,5% |
| 20 | 22 | Land Rover | 38 | 388 | 5,6% | 11,2% | 0,3% | 0,4% |
| 19 | 23 | Mini | 41 | 383 | 36,7% | 29,0% | 0,4% | 0,4% |
| 24 | 24 | Ford | 24 | 337 | 50,0% | 4,3% | 0,2% | 0,4% |
| 23 | 25 | Infiniti | 29 | 328 | 38,1% | 47,7% | 0,3% | 0,4% |
| 25 | 26 | SsangYong | 18 | 279 | 200,0% | 282,2% | 0,2% | 0,3% |
| 21 | 27 | Opel | 37 | 241 | 640,0% | 282,5% | 0,3% | 0,3% |
| 27 | 28 | Maserati | 7 | 63 | 16,7% | -16,0% | 0,1% | 0,1% |
| 27 | 29 | Bentley | 7 | 53 | 250,0% | -19,7% | 0,1% | 0,1% |
| 28 | 30 | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 39 | -25,0% | 25,8% | ||
| 31 | Ferrari | 37 | -100,0% | -9,8% | ||||
| 30 | 32 | Rolls-Royce | 1 | 19 | ||||
| 33 | Perodua | 18 | ||||||
| 31 | 34 | Lamborghini | - | 15 | ||||
| 30 | 35 | Aston Martin | 1 | 14 | ||||
| 26 | 35 | Seat | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 30 | 36 | Alpina | 1 | 12 | ||||
| 30 | 37 | Chery | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 30 | 37 | Chrysler | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 29 | 38 | Jeep | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 39 | McLaren | 5 | ||||||
| 40 | MG | 4 | ||||||
| 31 | 41 | Tesla | - | 3 | ||||
| 30 | 42 | Skoda | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 43 | Lotus | 1 | ||||||
| 43 | Daihatsu | 1 | ||||||
| 30 | 43 | Triumph | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 43 | Fiat | 1 |
| Rank Dec | Rank 2016 | GROUP | Sales December | Sales 2016 FY | Variation December | Variation 2016 FY | Share December | Share 2016 FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Honda | 5.916 | 19.349 | 466,7% | 144,4% | 53,6% | 22,1% |
| 2 | 2 | Toyota | 937 | 18.492 | -36,1% | 51,9% | 8,5% | 21,1% |
| 4 | 3 | Renault-Nissan | 706 | 7.818 | -20,1% | 27,9% | 6,4% | 8,9% |
| 3 | 4 | Mazda | 857 | 7.091 | 39,8% | 34,1% | 7,8% | 8,1% |
| 6 | 5 | Mercedes Daimler | 397 | 6.444 | 20,7% | 19,2% | 3,6% | 7,4% |
| 5 | 6 | Volkswagen | 529 | 5.786 | 8,8% | 0,0% | 4,8% | 6,6% |
| 9 | 7 | BMW | 237 | 4.996 | -51,0% | 27,0% | 2,1% | 5,7% |
| 8 | 8 | Hyundai-Kia | 330 | 4.944 | 0,0% | 45,8% | 3,0% | 5,7% |
| 11 | 9 | Mitsubishi | 163 | 3.632 | 63,0% | 163,4% | 1,5% | 4,2% |
| 10 | 10 | Fuji Heavy Industries | 184 | 2.902 | -8,0% | 74,0% | 1,7% | 3,3% |
