BYD sales triple year-on-year in November
The Singaporean new car market climbs up a round 10% year-on-year in November to2,541 sales, meaning the year-to-date tally is down -10.8% to 25,451 after 11 months. Toyota (+43%) is in outstanding shape atop the brands charts with 22.6% share vs. 23% so far this year, it distances Mercedes (-24.1%) and BMW (-22.8%) both imploding. Once again BYD (+221.9%) is the best performer in the Top 10, hitting 9.2% share vs. 4.5% year-to-date where it ranks #5. All remaining Top 10 members bar Honda (-24.3%) and Nissan (+8.1%) manage to advance faster than the market: Mazda is the most dynamic at +63%, followed by Hyundai (+28.7%), Kia (+24.7%) and Audi (+19.7%).
Previous month: Singapore October 2023: Toyota, BYD ignore market edging down -1.8%
One year ago: Singapore November 2022: Mercedes overtakes Toyota to #1, ignores market off -22.4%
Full November 2023 Top 40 All brands ranking below.
Singapore November 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Nov-23 | % | /22 | Oct | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Toyota (incl Lexus) | 575 | 22.6% | + 43.0% | 1 | 5,855 | 23.0% | – 1.4% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 356 | 14.0% | – 24.1% | 2 | 3,895 | 15.3% | – 20.9% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | BMW | 237 | 9.3% | – 22.8% | 3 | 3,150 | 12.4% | – 4.1% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | BYD | 235 | 9.2% | + 221.9% | 5 | 1,143 | 4.5% | + 62.4% | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Honda | 190 | 7.5% | – 24.3% | 4 | 2,105 | 8.3% | – 31.1% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Mazda | 132 | 5.2% | + 63.0% | 6 | 983 | 3.9% | – 3.9% | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Hyundai | 130 | 5.1% | + 28.7% | 8 | 912 | 3.6% | – 40.2% | 8 | 5 |
| 8 | Nissan | 107 | 4.2% | + 8.1% | 9 | 1,111 | 4.4% | + 34.5% | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Kia | 106 | 4.2% | + 24.7% | 7 | 852 | 3.3% | + 5.8% | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Audi | 73 | 2.9% | + 19.7% | 10 | 557 | 2.2% | – 28.2% | 11 | 9 |
| 11 | Suzuki | 70 | 2.8% | + 536.4% | 19 | 378 | 1.5% | + 164.3% | 14 | 24 |
| 12 | Volkswagen | 35 | 1.4% | + 59.1% | 12 | 427 | 1.7% | – 1.8% | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | MG | 32 | 1.3% | + 433.3% | 17 | 249 | 1.0% | – 3.9% | 18 | 18 |
| 14 | Tesla | 28 | 1.1% | – 67.1% | 11 | 725 | 2.8% | – 6.9% | 10 | 7 |
| 15 | Porsche | 28 | 1.1% | – 48.1% | 13 | 516 | 2.0% | – 33.1% | 12 | 11 |
| 16 | Citroen | 28 | 1.1% | + 75.0% | 14 | 288 | 1.1% | – 13.3% | 16 | 14 |
| 17 | Peugeot | 28 | 1.1% | + 7.7% | 20 | 265 | 1.0% | – 5.0% | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Skoda | 28 | 1.1% | + 133.3% | 16 | 228 | 0.9% | + 44.3% | 19 | 23 |
| 19 | Volvo | 24 | 0.9% | – 36.8% | 15 | 357 | 1.4% | + 17.8% | 15 | 15 |
| 20 | SsangYong | 18 | 0.7% | + 800.0% | 34 | 66 | 0.3% | – 77.1% | 27 | 16 |
| 21 | Great Wall | 18 | 0.7% | n/a | 18 | 39 | 0.2% | n/a | 33 | – |
| 22 | Mini | 15 | 0.6% | – 31.8% | 23 | 144 | 0.6% | – 34.5% | 22 | 19 |
| 23 | Land Rover | 9 | 0.4% | + 0.0% | 24 | 160 | 0.6% | – 5.9% | 21 | 22 |
| 24 | Subaru | 6 | 0.2% | – 40.0% | 22 | 138 | 0.5% | – 0.7% | 23 | 26 |
| 25 | Maserati | 6 | 0.2% | + 0.0% | 27 | 64 | 0.3% | + 12.3% | 28 | 33 |
| 26 | Opel | 4 | 0.2% | – 60.0% | 21 | 198 | 0.8% | – 4.8% | 20 | 21 |
| 27 | Seat | 4 | 0.2% | + 33.3% | 33 | 53 | 0.2% | – 25.4% | 31 | 32 |
| 28 | Jaguar | 4 | 0.2% | – 42.9% | 28 | 34 | 0.1% | – 58.5% | 34 | 31 |
| 29 | Polestar | 3 | 0.1% | – 66.7% | 25 | 92 | 0.4% | – 38.7% | 26 | 25 |
| 30 | Lamborghini | 3 | 0.1% | + 200.0% | – | 11 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | 39 | 35 |
| 31 | Jeep | 2 | 0.1% | – 33.3% | – | 16 | 0.1% | – 15.8% | 35 | 36 |
| 32 | Maxus | 2 | 0.1% | n/a | 35 | 9 | 0.0% | n/a | 40 | – |
| 33 | Ferrari | 1 | 0.0% | – 80.0% | 26 | 95 | 0.4% | + 10.5% | 24 | 29 |
| 34 | Lotus | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 29 | 16 | 0.1% | + 700.0% | 36 | 50 |
| 35 | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | – | 8 | 0.0% | – 57.9% | 41 | 38 |
| 36 | Fiat | 1 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | – | 5 | 0.0% | – 54.5% | 42 | 40 |
| 37 | Datsun | 1 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 36 | 4 | 0.0% | – 33.3% | 44 | 42 |
| 38 | Rolls Royce | 0 | 0.0% | – 100.0% | 30 | 93 | 0.4% | + 8.1% | 25 | 30 |
| 39 | Bentley | 0 | 0.0% | – 100.0% | 31 | 57 | 0.2% | – 36.7% | 29 | 28 |
| 40 | Mitsubishi | 0 | 0.0% | – 100.0% | 32 | 56 | 0.2% | – 75.9% | 30 | 20 |
Source: LTA
