COE analytics

[452SAR]

COE supply for May-July to rise by 15%
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/coe-supply-for-may-july-to-rise-by-15
The Land Transport Authority announced on Friday (April 15) that there will be on average 9,634 COEs a month from May to July, a 15 per cent increase from the previous three-month quota period.

Car COEs will rise by 14 per cent to 8,384 a month (including Open, which is almost exclusively used for registering bigger cars). The big car COE supply will rise by 21 per cent, while the small car quota goes up by 9.3 per cent.

 

[452SAR]

However UBer enters into the foray

Uber submits 800 COE bids, changes the game for cars
During last week's COE tender, Uber-owned Lion City Rental submitted more than 800 bids, which accounted for 11 per cent of the total bids made for car COEs.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/ubers-expansion-drive-changes-the-game-for-cars


Grab Taxi will also bid soon

 

[452SAR]

Yours truly noticed that brand new cars have similar monthly depreciation as old car
but many cannot fork out the larger quantum for brand new cars due to TDSR

Uber and Grab are likely to run car-leasing business in addition to their taxi-related operations.

 

[452SAR]

New Toyota Fortuner is in Singapore.
http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/showroom/fortuner

The launch price is $188K-193K,
Yours truly recommends NX, ES, Prado, Alphard in similar price range or even cheaper 130K harrier.

 

[currypuff]

2nd hand cars are over priced due to the prevailing COE! Better to get new one.

 

[frenchbriefs]

However UBer enters into the foray

Uber submits 800 COE bids, changes the game for cars
During last week's COE tender, Uber-owned Lion City Rental submitted more than 800 bids, which accounted for 11 per cent of the total bids made for car COEs.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/ubers-expansion-drive-changes-the-game-for-cars


Grab Taxi will also bid soon

Soon all cars in the world will be owned by uber,people are either renters or taxi drivers.

 

[Baimi]

CB, I just got my new car.

 

[452SAR]

CB, I just got my new car.

COE ended slightly up in last bidding but some car distributors reduce prices by $3000-4000 this weekend.

 

[452SAR]

BMW catches fire along CTE, causes jam

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/bmw-catches-fire-along-cte-causes-jam

Looks like a 3-series to yours truly. Some 3 series are from South Africa.
Many mercs used to be from South Africa too, now main supplier is hungary.