BYD sales more than triple year-on-year in September.
New car sales in Singapore edge up 2.3% year-on-year in September to 2,411 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains frankly in negative at -13.7% to 20,558. Brand leader Toyota (+55%) impresses and holds a mammoth 25.3% share vs. 22.6% so far this year. It is followed Mercedes (-3%) in difficulty and BMW (+40.9%) racing up. Honda (-46%) implodes but manages to stay in 4th place four units above BYD (+229.5%) again the best performer in the Top 10. BYD equals its ranking record (#5) but posts all time high volumes (145) and share (6%). Nissan (+74.3%) and Hyundai (+27.5%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10 whereas Tesla (-77.7%) registers a painful year-on-year loss.
Previous month: Singapore August 2023: BMW, Nissan, Kia post satisfying gains
Full September 2023 Top 35 All brands ranking below.
Singapore September 2023 – brands:
Pos | Brand | Sep-23 | % | /22 | Aug | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
1 | Toyota (incl Lexus) | 609 | 25.3% | 55.0% | 1 | 4,643 | 22.6% | -8.3% | 1 | 1 |
2 | Mercedes | 352 | 14.6% | -3.0% | 2 | 3,200 | 15.6% | -20.8% | 2 | 2 |
3 | BMW | 341 | 14.1% | 40.9% | 3 | 2,638 | 12.8% | -2.7% | 3 | 3 |
4 | Honda | 149 | 6.2% | -46.0% | 4 | 1,751 | 8.5% | -32.1% | 4 | 4 |
5 | BYD | 145 | 6.0% | 229.5% | 6 | 750 | 3.6% | 43.4% | 6 | 12 |
6 | Hyundai | 130 | 5.4% | 27.5% | 7 | 712 | 3.5% | -46.7% | 8 | 5 |
7 | Nissan | 129 | 5.4% | 74.3% | 8 | 936 | 4.6% | 42.2% | 5 | 8 |
8 | Mazda | 68 | 2.8% | -33.3% | 10 | 739 | 3.6% | -12.2% | 7 | 6 |
9 | Kia | 64 | 2.7% | -3.0% | 9 | 670 | 3.3% | 7.2% | 9 | 10 |
10 | Tesla | 54 | 2.2% | -77.7% | 5 | 639 | 3.1% | -2.3% | 10 | 7 |
11 | Porsche | 48 | 2.0% | -41.5% | 13 | 440 | 2.1% | -33.8% | 11 | 11 |
12 | Volkswagen | 44 | 1.8% | -20.0% | 11 | 334 | 1.6% | -10.0% | 13 | 13 |
13 | Suzuki | 40 | 1.7% | 400.0% | 14 | 291 | 1.4% | 140.5% | 15 | 24 |
14 | Volvo | 30 | 1.2% | 20.0% | 12 | 305 | 1.5% | 26.0% | 14 | 15 |
15 | Audi | 27 | 1.1% | -56.5% | 16 | 420 | 2.0% | -33.0% | 12 | 9 |
16 | Skoda | 26 | 1.1% | 160.0% | 18 | 172 | 0.8% | 30.3% | 20 | 23 |
17 | MG | 25 | 1.0% | 177.8% | 21 | 197 | 1.0% | -8.8% | 18 | 18 |
18 | Peugeot | 21 | 0.9% | -19.2% | 15 | 226 | 1.1% | 1.8% | 17 | 17 |
19 | Citroen | 19 | 0.8% | -52.5% | 19 | 231 | 1.1% | -20.3% | 16 | 14 |
20 | Land Rover | 18 | 0.7% | 38.5% | 24 | 142 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 21 | 22 |
21 | Opel | 16 | 0.7% | 100.0% | 23 | 183 | 0.9% | 50.0% | 19 | 21 |
22 | Mini | 13 | 0.5% | 116.7% | 17 | 119 | 0.6% | -32.8% | 23 | 19 |
23 | Jaguar | 9 | 0.4% | 350.0% | 30 | 28 | 0.1% | -58.2% | 33 | 31 |
24 | Maserati | 8 | 0.3% | 60.0% | 20 | 54 | 0.3% | 12.5% | 29 | 33 |
25 | Ferrari | 6 | 0.2% | -33.3% | 25 | 88 | 0.4% | 15.8% | 25 | 29 |
26 | Maxus | 5 | 0.2% | new | – | 6 | 0.0% | new | 40 | – |
27 | Polestar | 3 | 0.1% | -87.5% | 26 | 82 | 0.4% | -35.4% | 26 | 25 |
28 | Mitsubishi | 3 | 0.1% | -85.0% | 27 | 55 | 0.3% | -74.5% | 28 | 20 |
29 | Jeep | 2 | 0.1% | 100.0% | – | 14 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 36 | 36 |
30 | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 0.1% | -33.3% | 34 | 7 | 0.0% | -46.2% | 39 | 38 |
31 | Subaru | 1 | 0.0% | -92.3% | 22 | 121 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 22 | 26 |
32 | Rolls Royce | 1 | 0.0% | -87.5% | 28 | 92 | 0.4% | 22.7% | 24 | 30 |
33 | Bentley | 1 | 0.0% | -85.7% | 31 | 56 | 0.3% | -30.9% | 27 | 28 |
34 | Lotus | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 33 | 13 | 0.1% | 550.0% | 37 | 50 |
35 | Daihatsu | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 54 | 52 |
Source: LTA