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Don't worry, I am fine, just that I am tied up with work and have less time to post on MCF. All the best to those vested. 3 useful links for MCFers Real Time COE Bidding Results (LTA) Check Your COE Bidding Status (LTA) Latest COE Prices and Trending (SGcarmart) Highest Record Cat A => $128,105 [Oct 2025] Cat B => $150,001 [Oct 2023] Cat C => $92,223 [May 2026] Cat D => $13,189 [Nov 2022] Cat E => $158,004 [Oct 2023] Lowest Record Cat A => $2 [Nov 2008] Cat B => $200 [Jan 2009] Cat C => $1 [Mar 2007] Cat D => $1 [Mar 2003] Cat E => $3,000 [Feb 2009] The details of the June 1st open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are as follows: Tender opens: Tuesday, 2 June 2026, 12 noon Tender closes: Thursday, 4 June 2026, 4.00 pm Tender results: Thursday, 4 June 2026 (Available on the www.onemotoring.lta.gov.sg) The total quota available for this tender is 3,215 for the following vehicle categories: NON-TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES Category A : Cars (up to 1,600cc and maximum power up to 97kW (130bhp); and fully electric car with maximum power up to 110kW (147bhp)) => 1,246 Category B : Cars (above 1,600cc or maximum power above 97kW (130bhp); and fully electric car with maximum power above 110kW (147bhp)) => 889 Category D : Motorcycles => 526 TRANSFERABLE CATEGORIES Category C : Goods Vehicles and Buses => 293 Category E : Open Category => 261

Just when 99.999% of the car buyers are still trying to figure out which are the other 19 Chinese car brands (passenger car only) sold here, another one is joining our already crowded automotive scene soon. China’s most expensive car brand, Hongqi, debuts in Singapore with Eurokars as dealer The first cars from China luxury brand Hongqi will be launched in Singapore in the first half of 2026, with Eurokars Group having been appointed as its agent. Eurokars subsidiary Eurokars Elite became the brand’s official dealer and distributor in an agreement signed in June. Three models have been confirmed for Singapore, with two of them fully electric vehicles (EVs). The brand will also offer other drive trains, such as petrol-electric hybrids and plug-in hybrid EVs, in the future. Hongqi is part of the FAW Group, one of China’s “Big Four” state-owned automotive manufacturers alongside Changan Automobile, Dongfeng Motor Corp and SAIC Motor. Most of Hongqi’s cars target the mainstream luxury segment, where its competitors include the likes of Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Tesla. However, Hongqi is the only China marque that also has a full line-up of ultra-luxury models – though these are not widely exported yet. In this area, it competes with the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce in its home market. Like other China car brands, Hongqi is targeting export markets, including South-east Asia, to boost its overall sales figures. The brand’s showroom in Singapore will be at 19 Leng Kee Road, and is expected to open in 2026. The premises are currently occupied by SAIC-owned British brand MG. MG will move to a new location at 11 Leng Kee Road that will house it and sister brand IM Motors. Both brands are represented by Eurokars in Singapore. Three Hongqi models will be introduced: the E-HS9 large sport utility vehicle (SUV), a yet-unnamed model code-named G117, and the production version of the E-007 concept car. At 5.2 m long and priced around 590,000 yuan (S$105,680) in China, the fully electric E-HS9 is a competitor to the BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz GLE. It will debut in Singapore in 2026. The G117 and E-007 are still under development, and so their launch dates are not confirmed. The full-electric E-007 is a mid-sized SUV that was displayed as a concept car at the Auto China motor show in Beijing last year. As the car is smaller and less expensive than the E-HS9, media reports say that it will also compete against German luxury models such as the BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC. The G117 will be a smaller SUV than the E-007, but there are few details known as it is in an even earlier stage of development. Hongqi’s full range includes EVs, petrol-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrid EVs and cars with internal combustion engines. Often dubbed “China’s Rolls-Royce”, it started in 1958 as a provider of cars to Chinese dignitaries, heads of state and VIPs. Its ultra-luxury models are offered under the Golden Sunflower series. This includes the Hongqi Guoli, a 6 m-long luxury limousine that costs 7.2 million yuan and is the most expensive China-made car. In comparison, its Rolls-Royce competitor, the Phantom, starts at 8.5 million yuan. Hongqi still provides vehicles to China’s dignitaries, including the N701 armoured limousine used by President Xi Jinping. Last year, China gave a Guoli to Malaysia’s Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar as a gift, making him the first in the world to privately own the Hongqi luxury sedan. In 2024, Hongqi’s sales increased 17.4 per cent year on year to about 412,000 cars, with around 44 per cent being EVs and hybrids. At the Auto Shanghai motor show in April this year, the brand announced plans to expand production capacity and establish a major presence in South-east Asia, Europe and Latin America. It aims to sell 500,000 vehicles in 2025 and produce 200,000 units overseas annually by 2030. In 2024, FAW Group exports increased 36.2 per cent to around 125,000 units, though specific figures for Hongqi were not provided. In June, Hongqi said that it will launch 20 new models globally in the next five years, including its Golden Sunflower models, with the ambition of becoming a global brand. In Singapore, automotive dealership Eurokars Group sells cars from BMW, Mazda, McLaren, Mini, Pagani and Rolls-Royce. It also has a presence in Australia, China and Indonesia.

There was a time when the soul of a car announced itself before the car even arrived. You hear it first - a deep-chested growl from around the corner, a metallic bark on start-up, a rising snarl as the revs climbed. For generations, the soundtrack of driving was mechanical, dramatic and slightly anti-social. It was petrol, pistons, exhaust fumes and the occasional neighbour fantasising about bashing your head against the bonnet as you start your car at 6:30am. But today, the world of motoring is changing. Fast. As we already know by now, the modern electric car doesn’t roar. It hums. Sometimes, it doesn’t even do that. It simply glides away with the sort of quiet confidence usually reserved for luxury hotels and people who wear linen on weekdays. Yet, press the accelerator in a powerful electric vehicle (EV) and there is nothing gentle about the experience. There’s no waiting for revs to build, no gearbox theatrics, no dramatic intake noise. Just instant torque, immediate response and the strange sensation that the horizon has suddenly been pulled towards you. So, the big question is this: As electric cars replace combustion engines, is the soul of driving changing - or are we simply learning to feel it differently? The old soul of driving was emotional For petrolheads, the internal combustion engine has always been more than just a power source. It is arguably the heartbeat of the car. A great engine gives a car an amazing character. A naturally aspirated V8 feels different from a turbocharged four-cylinder. A flat-six has its own rhythm. A high-revving Italian V12 is less an engine and more an operatic event with tyres. And I reckon that was the magic. It’s as if cars had voices. Sure, some sang, some shouted, and some sounded like they had unresolved anger issues, but it was extremely emotional. Driving pleasure was tied to effort. You worked for speed. You managed gears, revs, turbo lag, traction and braking. The best cars made you feel involved, almost as if you were part of a conversation between machine, road and driver. Electric cars have changed the language On the other hand, EVs are different. They don’t communicate through noise and vibration in the traditional sense. Instead, they communicate through immediacy, methinks. In an EV, performance is cleaner, sharper and more accessible. The accelerator response can be astonishing. Even fairly sensible electric SUVs now accelerate with the kind of enthusiasm that used to belong to sports cars with big spoilers and even bigger fuel bills. For everyday drivers, this is a revelation. Electric cars are quiet in traffic, smooth in town and effortless on the expressway. In Singapore especially, where most driving happens between traffic lights, ERP gantries and carparks with tight ramps, EVs make a lot of sense. But for enthusiasts and purists alike, there is an adjustment period. Without engine noise, gearshifts and mechanical drama, some EVs can feel a little too perfect (or too soulless or too boring or too bland) - like tech appliances rather than machines with attitude. But soul is not only sound Here’s the thing: We may have confused noise with soul. A car’s soul is not just about how loudly it shouts. It is about how it makes you feel. Does it respond naturally? Does it give you confidence? Does it make an ordinary drive feel special? Does it create a memory after you’ve parked and walked away? By that measure, electric cars absolutely can have soul. It is just a different kind of soul - less rock concert, more silent missile. Less mechanical theatre, more futuristic precision. Perhaps we’ve been getting this all wrong . Perhaps the best EVs are not trying to imitate petrol cars. They are creating a new driving experience altogether: Quiet, instant, intelligent and strangely addictive. So, is the soul of driving changing? Yes, but changing does not mean disappearing. The old soul of driving was built on sound, smell, gears and combustion. The new soul is built on response, software, silence and speed. One is analogue emotion, while the other is digital intensity. See, petrol cars will always have their romance, but electric cars are proving that excitement does not need an exhaust pipe. The future of driving may be quieter, but it is certainly not boring. It just arrives without warning - and with full torque from zero rpm. ~ Julian

Every Singapore car buyer knows this internal argument. Your heart wants something low, loud, and dramatic. Something with swollen wheel arches, a naughty exhaust note and the sort of badge that makes you want to park by the side of the road just so people can admire it properly. Your wallet, however, has other ideas. I would say wife, but that would be pushing it. Your wallet has been looking at COE prices, petrol bills, road tax, insurance, parking, ERP, servicing, and the cost of kopi going up by another 20 cents. And after much careful consideration, your wallet has decided that what you really need is probably an electric vehicle. Welcome to the modern car buyer dilemma: Sports car fantasy vs EV reality. The sports car still has a pulse Let’s be honest. A proper sports car still does things to the soul that few sensible cars can. From the low driving position and the steering feel, to the mechanical soundtrack and the engaging drive. It's the theatre of it all. A sports car turns a simple drive to East Coast Park into a personal qualifying lap - even if you’re actually stuck behind a PHV doing 62km/h in lane one. It is emotional, irrational, and deeply unnecessary. Which, of course, is exactly why people love them. But in Singapore, irrational motoring comes with very rational invoices. A sports car usually means higher COE category exposure, higher fuel consumption, higher insurance, higher maintenance, and the quiet fear of scraping the front lip on every multi-storey carpark ramp from Tampines to Tiong Bahru. The EV is becoming harder to ignore Electric vehicles used to feel like a lifestyle statement. Today, they increasingly feel like the financially alert choice. Singapore is clearly pushing towards cleaner-energy vehicles. All new car registrations will need to be cleaner-energy models from 2030, and the national direction is towards 100% cleaner-energy vehicles by 2040. EV incentives are also still part of the equation. For electric cars registered in 2026, the EV Early Adoption Incentive provides a 45% ARF rebate capped at $7,500, while the VES continues to support EV adoption, though rebates are being reduced over time. In other words, the government is not exactly being subtle. If petrol cars are the old guard, EVs are the new scholarship students - cleaner, quieter, and increasingly difficult for parents to argue against. But are EVs actually fun? Well, that depends on what your definition of fun is. The best electric vehicles may lack engine noise, but they make up for it with instant torque. Press the accelerator and the car simply goes - no downshift, no turbo lag, no dramatic clearing of the throat. Just immediate, silent shove. In Singapore’s stop-start driving environment, that matters. From traffic lights to expressway slip roads, an EV can feel properly quick without trying very hard. It is less “weekend warrior” and more “silent assassin in a school-zone-friendly package”. And because EVs have fewer moving parts, they can also offer lower servicing needs compared with traditional petrol cars. Charging infrastructure is improving too, with Singapore targeting 60,000 EV charging points by 2030 and more than 90% of HDB carparks already equipped with charging points as of December 2025. The wallet has a point For most Singaporeans, the car is not just a toy. It is a family mover, office shuttle, grocery van, school-run machine and weekend escape pod - all compressed into one very expensive certificate-backed purchase. That is where the EV argument becomes strong. Lower energy costs, smoother driving, generous equipment levels and strong urban performance make electric cars genuinely compelling. But the heart is not wrong either. A great sports car gives you memories. An EV gives you efficiency. Ideally, you want both - which explains why performance EVs are becoming so interesting. So what should you buy? If your car is meant to stir the soul every Sunday morning, buy the sports car - and accept that happiness in Singapore often comes with a high depreciation curve. But if you want something intelligent, future-ready, fast enough for daily life and easier to justify at home, the EV is no longer the boring answer. It may not roar. It may not smell of petrol. It may not make your neighbours peep through the curtains. But it might just be the car your wallet, your conscience and your right foot can finally agree on. ~ Julian

I've always wanted to own an SUV, with the commanding position, high hip point for entry and good boot size. So I recently decided to take a walk around the showrooms, with a basic search and some requirements: - five seats minimum, seven is a bonus, but basically a good size rather than a tiny one - high hip point - good boot size - not too slow 0-100 (under 11) - I'll need storage, good safety and things that a family with a young baby will appreciate I don't speed, but sometimes you need a bit of zoom to join traffic and drive up Genting or overtake and I do go to M'sia often. That also means EVs are a bit more tricky My mileage is low, 10-12k a year on average. Now, my car isn't due for another 3 plus years, but I wanted to see what's out there and I'm just sharing my findings here and my choices are purely personal, as YMMV.. I didn't have a specific budget, but I soon realised that most of the choices hover around the 200k mark, and this is almost twice what they used to cost due to the COE. Hybrids aren't my first choice due to my low mileage, and the cost of a battery replacement is a big deal, so even EVs are a bit tricky, but the number of petrol only cars are limited. The EV motors are also not great for the Malaysia jaunts, and CVTs are less desirable than autos, but you have to be careful which DCT you choose.. Cheers

Just curious, at what price level of car price you will be able to afford at different total asset scenario. the three diff question shows at 3 diff stage of total asset scenario. BMW means public transport. assuming total asset include your residence, investment, cash etc minus off loan.

Kinda sad that it is hard to find nowadays new cars with manual transmissions. Can anyone enlighten if one can still buy a MIT, MIJ or MIK manual transmission sedan?

Xiaomi coming soon, no joke. Xiaomi to invest $10bn in electric vehicle race Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is wading into electric vehicles with a $10bn (£7.3bn) investment over ten years. The company will be entering a fiercely competitive electric car market that also includes rivals Apple and Huawei. Xiaomi will set up a wholly-owned subsidiary with an initial investment of about $1.5bn, with the company's chief executive Lei Jun heading up the new venture. "The decision was made after numerous rounds of deliberation among all our partners, and this will be the final major entrepreneurial project of my life," he said in a statement. So far, the company has given no indication about whether it will produce budget models or target the top end of the market. There are already hundreds of companies in China jostling for a share of the world's leading market for electric cars. Xiaomi founder Lei Jun says his company’s first electric car will be an SUV or a sedan, priced between US$15,000 to US$45,000 Xiaomi’s first vehicle will be either a sedan or an SUV costing between 100,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan (US$15,300 to US$45,900), said the Chinese smartphone giant’s co-founder and CEO Lei Jun on Tuesday, shedding light on the new Tesla challenger’s multibillion-dollar venture into electric vehicles (EV). Lei revealed the details during a live-streamed video session on Douyin, the Chinese sibling app of TikTok, to promote Xiaomi products, which came a week after he announced the company’s foray into smart cars. “The first car will definitely not be a sports car or a motorhome; it’d be either a sedan or an SUV,” Lei said, adding that the plans are still at an early stage and the details are still being worked out.

What I notice when i go Merc/BMW/Audi showrroms is that their price on price list is so high but actually there is huge discounts almost all the time. For merc is often in the form of overtrade. So I thought I would share some discounts that I know. Of coz it is updated all the time so maybe the bros here can share what you have heard so it is easier for ppl to have an idea before heading down to the show room. I shall start first: CLA: 173,888, 8k overtrade and 3k service credit 520i business: 242,800, 10k overtrade E-class and S-class got 10k COE discount or high COE rebate at 76k VW Jetta: 118,800

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Usually we will be able to get in-house loan if we buy car from 2nd hand car dealers. What about if we buy direct from car owner? Where to apply loan? Is it at 2.2% now? Thanks

saw the dbs website. risen by so much?

This Rox Adamas (aka Polestones 01) look quite promising right? BTW, no typo here, it is Polestones, NOT Polestar, and Rox is by Roborock (vacuum cleaner brand) and Xiaomi. BUT the biggest issue is with this The vehicle’s center console, which comes with a removable lid, is actually an in-built emergency toilet! Although it is stated that the toilet-shaped box is designed to be used with a specific plastic bag with deodorizing and absorbent gel, but lao sai how? The owner if rich like @RadXwill change car immediately after the 1st poop (for fun or real emergency), but the next owner will have to live with the sai (and stains in hidden spot) forever, eeeeee........ The saying "Everything but the kitchen sink" is so past.

OK, I am trying out a new series of automotive related discussion thread. Let me know if you prefer something like these or otherwise. There are hundreds of new model been rolled out worldwide by varies auto manufacturers each year, but the naming convention can be very different among manufacturer. Some would goes with fanciful or eye catching name, such as i, Wake, Up!, Naked, Today, Morning, while others choose to stick with names that have past through several generations such as Corolla, Civic, Golf, and different sizes of paper (A1 to A8). And here's the interesting part, not all model are the same as their predecessor (or ancestor). I don't mean the look of course, but it term of characteristic or even class. I will first use the following 2 examples for illustrating my point. Škoda Rapid The 2nd Generation (1984 - 1990) Škoda Rapid was famous being described as "the poor man’s Porsche" after Autocar and Motor defined the Škoda Rapid "a beginners' course to the 911", as it had a rear-mounted engine and rear-wheel drive, just like the Porsche 911. This generation of Rapid is gaining in popularity as a classic car with Garde and convertible models being most sought after. The current 4th Generation (2012 onward) Škoda Rapid are: a 5-door liftback and a hatchback originating from Europe, a 4-door sedan from China based on the same platform, and India's version of a smaller sedan Rapid originating from India, based on the PQ25 platform, all FWD and loaded with smallish and eco friendly 1.0 - 1.6L engine. In your opinion, should a nameplate be used only on the same type of car, so as to link it with its heritage, or it doesn't really matter, as it is just a name afterall?

Hi, I am meeting with a problem and hope to get advise from fellow forumers on how to resolve this issue. My car is registered under my elder brother name. He is currently meeting with some financial problems and may be declared bankrupt anytime. How do I go about tranfering the car ownership back to my name. The car still have a outstanding loan with Maybank and the road tax and insurance expired on the 2th May. Please advise on the prodedures that I should be doing to transfer the car ownership including the bank loan. Is there any second hand car dealer who could help to do the transfer

nice work!

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/six-arrested-14-year-old-car-theft-jurong-west-street-boon-lay-drive-police-2885221 SINGAPORE: A 14-year-old was among six men arrested for their suspected involvement in two cases of car theft, the police said on Wednesday (Aug 17). The police had received reports on Monday that two cars were stolen from car parks at Jurong West Street 52 and Boon Lay Drive. "Through ground enquiries and with the aid of images from police cameras and CCTVs (closed-circuit television), officers from Jurong Police Division, Clementi Police Division, Police Operations Command Centre, Criminal Investigation Department and Police Intelligence Department established the identities of the six men," said the police. The suspects, aged between 14 and 32, were arrested on Monday and Tuesday. The two stolen cars were recovered, said the police, adding that the six men will be charged in court on Wednesday and Thursday with theft of motor vehicles with common intention. The offence carries an imprisonment term of up to seven years and a fine.

Took me quite some time to piece all the information together for this thread, which I have wanted to start a few months back. No right or wrong here, just some personal opinions on why I think the AD plays an important role in determining the resale value of the model sold by them. Feel free to share your thoughts (a forum is meant for members to engage in meaningful discussion, isn't it?) Many ADs has been playing hard to maintain the sales price of new car sold by them, citing reasons such as protecting customer's interest (by not having an unusually wide price fluctuation from month to month), guarantee a good resale value in the used car market (used car price is tagged almost directly to new car pricing), better service if buying the car from them directly, etc. But is that always the case? It is an open secret that when ADs are not able to meet their sales target, they will register the new car and sold it as used car through their used car division of even 3rd parties. I am using PML and Wearnes as an example below, to highlight the adverse effects of doing so. PML (BMW) With the new X3 priced from $302,888 (xDrive20i) / $308,888 (xDrive20i M-Sport) before over trade, the profit margin is between $68K to $71K, which is almost 150% of their respective OMV! Even after an generous O/T of say ~$30K, the net car price will still be around $270K to $280K. Yet PML would rather sell brand new unit at a much lower price (estimated to be ~$250K+) every month to used car dealers, only for it to be listed as used car, than to price it down to similar level for genuine buyers (direct PML customer). This is the screen grab I have taken from sgcarmart.com and the list is not exhaustive. You can even find pre-facelift X3, which was registered exactly a year ago, on the list (there are actually several units available, but the dealer don't want to give potential buyer the impression that they have to lelong the car in their inventory)! Based on the info I have, used car dealers got these units last year at just $200K thereabout, so they can continue to hold and wait (for uninformed buyer). So what does it got to do with resale value? Well, we all know that in a few years time, when the owner want to sell their ride, used car dealers will probably offer PARF + remaining COE value + another few $$$K for the body, and given the record breaking COE premium currently, the owner is likely to burn >$150K in just <5 years (buy at $280K, sell at $105K - $120K max. at 5th year). That's when some will KPKB that BMW has low resale value, nope? Wearnes (Volvo) Let look at the total number of V60 Cross Country and V90 Cross Country registered in the first 5 month of this year, 13 units in total. Want to make a guess how many of this units are sold as brand new used car? 1, 2 or 3? Well, I found 5 units listed on sgcarmart.com (I have reasons to believe there are more units available but not advertised - 'cos I saw at least another 1 - 2 units parked outside Wearnes Pre-Owned, probably management unit, which will eventually be sold as used car). That translate to ~40 to 50% of the new car sold as used. Reason for doing that? Having to meet sales quota without lowering the new car price. BTW, the profits for both model range from ~$67K to >$100K (before O/T), I will leave it to the readers to decide if that is reasonable for the brand. In the case of Volvo, it is a double whammy for the owners (be it brand new from Wearnes or brand new used car / management unit), as not only they are experiencing paper lost as what I have described above, with many used car in the market with transfer count of more than 1, the resale value will be further suppressed. One just need to browse the used car list on sgcarmart.com for the earlier model, and some can be had for ~$14K annual depreciation (in the current climate of $100K COE, so I cannot imagine when the COE return to $50K, these used car will have <$9K depreciation??) One particular unit of V60 Cross Country has been put up for sales for at least 2 months, with asking price of <$190K (for a 6 months old car) till the owner gave up and sell it to Eurokars Pre-Owned, so does that paint a picture that matches what I have written so far?

Cause after discussing with my mechanic, it seems that its impossible to fully restore my car back to its original condition. Hence the only way is to sell it off. However, here comes the question, how do you sell it off since it has met with accident already (since no one would want to buy it).

which webby do you guys go to for reliable online parts purchase? i'm looking to get a mazda 6 front bumper from overseas due to cost saving. over hear, i can't get any second hand bumper for mazda 6 and the new ones cost a bomb. thanks

Gotcha!! I know MCF is full of TKRs. It has been quite quiet here recently, so thought of having something out of the norm to spice things up a little. Let have some fun with creating short sentences using car name...

I have just seen cases of used car dealers adjusting the mileage of the cars advertised on SGCarMart. Is this against the law? My recent ex-ride is one such case.

Anyone using the above mentioned brand of car mats? Any reviews on it?