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Community Service Time 2 useful links for our dear MCFers, who are following the bidding exercise: Real Time COE Bidding Results Check Your COE Bidding Status [sunny] Good Luck to all vested! [sunny] Past Bidding Results (2001 - 2015) Past Bidding Results (2016 - 2019) Trend Chart (Mar 2017 - Feb 2019) *chart taken from www.sgcarmart.com PQP (2010 - 2019) The details of the March 2019 2nd open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are as follows: Tender opens: Monday, 18 March 2019, 12 noon Tender closes: Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 4.00 pm Tender results: Wednesday, 20 March 2019 (Available on the www.onemotoring.com.sg website) The total quota available for this tender is 4,386 for the following vehicle categories: NON-TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category A: Cars (up to 1600cc & 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,650 Category B: Cars (above 1600cc or 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,201 Category D: Motorcycles => 834 TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category C: Goods Vehicles and Buses => 304 Category E: Open Category => 397

The new Mercedes-Benz CLA Coupé is not only the most emotional vehicle in its class, it is also highly intelligent: From MBUX Interior Assist, which recognises operational demands from gestures and equips the interior with intelligence, through augmented reality for navigation and understanding indirect voice commands to the ENERGIZING COACH that provides individual fitness recommendations, the new CLA offers an array of clever solutions. There are also ingenious details when it comes to the aerodynamics and new functions for the Intelligent Drive driving assistance package. The design underlines the coupé character with its stretched form and design elements such as the bonnet with powerdomes or the rear licence plate which has been moved down. As such it does justice to its predecessor’s status as a design icon. With MBUX, Mercedes-Benz has been revolutionising how to operate a car and communicate with it since the launch of the A-Class. “Now we go to the next level with an intelligent interior assistance system for the compact class. By recognising gestures it facilitates natural operation,” says Ola Källenius, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. “This is not the only new feature by which the CLA offers a great deal of automotive intelligence.” “With the first CLA we celebrated a huge success by selling some 750,000 vehicles and created a totally new segment with a four-door coupé,” adds Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales. “The new edition of the CLA has been developed further in an intelligent way and is even more emotional and sportier than its predecessor. Coupled with new operating systems, it sets new benchmarks for the entire class.” The new generation of compacts has made a key contribution to the rejuvenation and image change of the Mercedes-Benz brand. The CLA is important for winning and retaining new customers in particular. The CLA Coupé was launched in the USA in 2013, making it the first compact MercedesBenz on the American market. At peak times, more than two thirds of CLA buyers in the USA came from competitors. On average, CLA customers in the USA are around ten years younger than the typical MercedesBenz customer. In Europe, too, CLA customers are among the youngest in the Mercedes portfolio. In 2017, one in two customers in Europe previously drove a competitor's vehicle. Over 75 percent of European customers who previously drove a CLA as a coupé or Shooting Brake chose a MercedesBenz again for their next vehicle. In total, some 750,000 units of the first-generation CLA Coupé and CLA Shooting Brake contributed considerably to the compact car's success. In its first year, the new CLA will also be available as an Edition 1. In terms of both the exterior and the interior, this limited edition special model has numerous visual accents which underline its exclusivity. The new CLA will be manufactured at the Kecskemét plant (Hungary) and comes onto the market in May 2019. “As a four-door coupé, the new CLA intrigues with its puristic, seductive design and sets new standards in the design DNA of ‘sensual purity’. It impresses with its perfect proportions reflecting the first design sketch: a long, stretched bonnet, a compact greenhouse, a wide track with exposed wheel arches and our typical GT rear end with a strong distinctive ‘Coke-bottle shoulder’,” says Gorden Wagener, Chief Design Officer of Daimler AG. “In short - the CLA Coupé has the potential to become a modern design icon.” The combination of the long, stretched entry line above the windows and frameless doors give the CLA Coupé its unmistakeable sporty and elegant character. Forming the front end is the striking front section which is raked forwards like a shark nose with a long, stretched bonnet featuring powerdomes. Original article at http://9tro.com/media/news/the-new-mercedes-benz-cla-coupe The 2nd Generation CLA will be officially unveiled at the CES 2019 event at 3am 9th Jan (SG time). Watch the live stream at https://www.motor1.com/news/300102/2020-mercedes-cla-livestream/

SPIED! MERCEDES-BENZ CLA SHEDS SOME CAMOhttps://www.motortrend.com/news/spied-mercedes-benz-cla-sheds-some-camo/ Just a few months ago, our spy photographers caught a next-generation CLA prototype out testing, possibly in AMG form. Now, the CLA has returned wearing a different grille and less camouflage. Though that earlier prototype appeared to wear Mercedes-AMG's Panamericana grille, this CLA sports a front end inspired by the CLS-Class. The camouflage obscures the shape of the headlights, but the LED accents look similar to those of its swoopy big brother. It's also safe to say the taillights have changed. Unless the camo is fooling us, the rear end looks more upright than before. Overall, the new model looks longer than its predecessor. A few interior shots reveal a more streamlined cabin. This prototype features one large screen that runs across the dashboard, replacing the two separate screens for the instrument cluster and infotainment system. The circular vents take on a different look, and there is now a simpler array of buttons just below. Red contrast stitching and a flat-bottom steering wheel hint at AMG roots, but this car doesn't look like an AMG from the exterior. It's possible Mercedes will offer some sort of AMG interior package, or that this prototype is just a mixed bag of parts. According to Autocar, Mercedes has confirmed it will launch the CLA and CLA Shooting Brake next year. We don't know Mercedes' exact plans for the U.S. market, but the model will likely slot above the new A-Class with a sleeker coupe-like profile. The interiors of the A-Class and CLA should be very similar. The CLA could share engines and gearboxes with the A-Class. Our A-Class comes with a 2.0-liter turbo-four making 188 hp and 221 lb-ft of torque, which is paired with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. An AMG version of the A-Class is also very likely coming to the U.S., although it's unclear how much power it will make. Photo source: CarPix

New format for the 12 years data as promised. Good luck to all vested. The details of the February 2018 second open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are as follows: Tender opens: Monday, 19 February 2018, 12 noon Tender closes: Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 4.00 pm Tender results: Wednesday, 21 February 2018 (Available on the www.onemotoring.com.sg website) The total quota available for this tender is 4,373 for the following vehicle categories: NON-TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category A: Cars (up to 1600cc & 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,562 Category B: Cars (above 1600cc or 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,391 Category D: Motorcycles => 577 TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category C: Goods Vehicles and Buses => 257 Category E: Open Category => 586 During the bidding exercise, bidders can check on the status of their bids and revise their reserve price using these banks’ services or the LTA Open Bidding website (https://ocoe.lta.gov.sg).

Community service time. Good luck to all vested party. Premium should remain pretty stable, including cat C. The details of the August 2017 second open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are as follows: Tender opens: Monday, 21 August 2017, 12 noon Tender closes: Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 4.00 pm Tender results: Wednesday, 23 August 2017 (Available on the www.onemotoring.com.sg website) The total quota available for this tender is 4,746 for the following vehicle categories: NON-TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category A: Cars (up to 1600cc & 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,817 Category B: Cars (above 1600cc or 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,293 Category D: Motorcycles => 605 TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category C: Goods Vehicles and Buses => 445 Category E: Open Category => 586

2 things I can be very sure about for this bidding exercise: - Premium for cat C will shoot up further in view of the sharp drop in quota come Aug, which most dealers deemed as unexpected - Revenue for the bidding exercise shall continue to stay above $210 mil, with the help of high "income" fro cat C And good luck to those waiting for their COE (and new ride). The details of the July 2017 second open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are as follows: Tender opens: Monday, 17 July 2017, 12 noon Tender closes: Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 4.00 pm Tender results: Wednesday, 19 July 2017 (Available on the www.onemotoring.com.sg website) The total quota available for this tender is 5,428 for the following vehicle categories: NON-TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category A: Cars (up to 1600cc & 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,907 Category B: Cars (above 1600cc or 97kW (130bhp)) => 1,322 Category D: Motorcycles => 552 TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES: Category C: Goods Vehicles and Buses => 1,085 Category E: Open Category => 562