Singapore Passenger Car Sales : Jan-Sep 2018

Sales for September were up 4.5% although YTD they were down 35%. This unusual situation is caused by the COE system, or certificates of entitlement. The government only issues so many and they are bid for by those desirous of buying a new car. The amount available depends mainly on how many cars were scrapped or taken off the road. It's all about controlling the number of cars on the road.

Below the % column is market share and the +/- is shift in that share, comparing the first nine months of 2018 with the full 2017 year. Below green shows market share gain and yellow a drop.

Honda has established itself as 'the' brand with 1 in 5 cars sold bearing their logo. Toyota used to be always the best selling brand but for now it is playing second fiddle. As to why these two brand have nearly 40% of the total I'm unsure. It's not like these are local brands that can count on support in that way.

	17	18	Brand	2018	%	+/-
	2	1	Honda	11,939	19.9%	14.1%
	1	2	Toyota	10,245	17.1%	-18.0%
	4	3	Mercedes	5,552	9.2%	6.6%
	8	4	Hyundai	5,056	8.4%	103.5%
	5	5	BMW	3,883	6.5%	5.9%
	3	6	Mazda	3,794	6.3%	-31.7%
	6	7	Nissan	2,979	5.0%	-13.0%
	7	8	Kia	2,790	4.6%	11.0%
	9	9	Mitsubishi	2,700	4.5%	16.3%
	10	10	Subaru	2,269	3.8%	7.2%
	11	11	Audi	2,177	3.6%	28.0%
	12	12	VW	1,542	2.6%	-3.7%
	13	13	Volvo	1,134	1.9%	13.8%
	17	14	Peugeot	578	1.0%	29.9%
	15	15	Renault	506	0.8%	0.9%
	18	16	Porsche	400	0.7%	-9.6%
	19	17	Jaguar	334	0.6%	-7.5%
	22	18	MINI	333	0.6%	8.9%
	14	19	Opel	271	0.5%	-56.8%
	20	20	Land Rover	237	0.4%	-31.4%
	16	21	Citroën	200	0.3%	-57.6%
	41	22	Škoda	177	0.3%	n/a
	26	23	Infiniti	173	0.3%	-12.3%
	28	24	Seat	125	0.2%	-3.8%
	25	25	Ford	94	0.2%	-59.5%
	21	26	Suzuki	81	0.1%	-75.3%
	27	27	Blue Car	72	0.1%	-53.1%
	30	28	Maserati	71	0.1%	-12.4%
	39	29	Alfa Romeo	42	0.1%	435.8%
	31	30	Bentley	41	0.1%	-10.3%
	24	31	Ssangyong	35	0.1%	-86.2%
	32	32	BYD	32	0.1%	-22.2%
	33	33	Chrysler	28		-17.6%
	36	34	Rolls Royce	26		59.2%
	37	35	Lamborghini	25		112.6%
	34	36	Ferrari	24		-5.8%
	40	37	Mclaren	21		221.5%
	35	38	Aston Martin	18		-5.0%
	29	39	Perodua	14		-82.9%
			Others	31	0.1%
			Total	60,049		-10.3%

Data source: LTA Singapore.
Picture source: Car Buyer.

Cyprus Passenger Car Sales : Jan-Sep 2018

Sales here seem buoyant but I haven't got a clearer picture than that. What we can see is that Kia may become the top brand for the first time ever. Not too late for Toyota to come back, mind you. However, it hasn't been a good year for the bigger brands, with most suffering falls. Land Rover is doing well, entering into the top 10. That said, premium brands do well here.

Below the % column is market share and the +/- is shift in that share, comparing the first nine months of 2018 with the full 2017 year. Below green shows market share gain and yellow a drop.

	17	18	Brand	2018	%	+/-
	4	1	Kia	1,384	13.1%	38.7%
	1	2	Toyota	1,309	12.4%	-2.7%
	2	3	Nissan	1,102	10.4%	-5.9%
	3	4	Ford	855	8.1%	-25.5%
	5	5	Volkswagen	740	7.0%	-9.4%
	6	6	Mercedes	523	5.0%	-15.6%
	7	7	BMW	517	4.9%	-14.8%
	10	8	Audi	421	4.0%	3.4%
	8	9	Hyundai	408	3.9%	-22.6%
	11	10	Land Rover	357	3.4%	36.1%
	18	11	Škoda	320	3.0%	123.5%
	9	12	Honda	307	2.9%	-30.6%
	22	13	MINI	241	2.3%	199.5%
	15	14	Citroën	213	2.0%	13.6%
	20	15	Peugeot	210	2.0%	102.3%
	21	15	Fiat	210	2.0%	155.9%
	27	17	Chrysler	188	1.8%	289.5%
	12	18	Suzuki	175	1.7%	-32.4%
	14	19	Volvo	162	1.5%	-19.1%
	16	20	Mazda	161	1.5%	-1.4%
	24	21	Seat	130	1.2%	75.6%
	17	22	Opel	98	0.9%	-37.9%
	19	22	Porsche	98	0.9%	-16.0%
	23	24	Jaguar	94	0.9%	24.3%
	13	25	Renault	79	0.7%	-67.7%
	25	26	Lexus	72	0.7%	9.1%
	33	27	Alfa Romeo	41	0.4%	749.3%
	28	28	Maserati	36	0.3%	-10.5%
	31	29	smart	35	0.3%	117.5%
	30	30	Ssangyong	26	0.2%	-5.0%
	26	31	Mitsubishi	17	0.2%	-68.0%
	32	32	Subaru	13	0.1%	-5.0%
			Other	12	0.1%
			Total	10,554

Data source: Cystat.