If you had to pick 5 cars to shortlist as the "Best-selling car in Singapore", which cars would be in your list?

[ZMC]

From LTA statistics on car population by brand from 2010-2020 : https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/who_we_are/statistics_and_publications/statistics/pdf/MVP01-6_Cars_by_make.pdf

1. Toyota 148,293 (23% of all cars in SG), likely from Altis, Vios, Sienta etc

2. Honda 108,531 (17% of all cars in SG), likely from older Fit/Jazz/Shuttles and Vezels.

3. Mercedes 64,886 (10% of all cars in SG)

4. BMW 45,269 (7.1% of all cars in SG)

5. Mazda 34,965 (5.5% of all cars in SG)

The top 3 brands already cover 50% of car population in SG lol.

The fast dying brands are like Geely, Chrysler, Fiat, Chevrolet, Saab.

The slowly dying brands are like Suzuki, Nissan, Hyundai, Ford, Daihatsu

[Xers007]

used to be the gen 8 civic, too bad Honda screwed themselves on the gen 9...

[yellowshaun]

I asked my wife this question. She told me hyundai i40 and i40 hahahaha! Might as well throw prius into the mix also...

[Kazuya]

Common cars on the road thru observation.

1. Honda Vezel

2. Hyundai Elantra

3. Mazda 3

4. Toyota Altis

5. KIA Cerato

 

However, due to increasing COE prices, and these cars costing ~ $100k, many buyers would rather pay additional 20-40% to get an executive sedan like a Mazda 6, Toyota Camry, Merc A class sedan, Audi A3 etc... no idea why but it makes more sense to some since they are already willing to part with $100k what is $130k.

 

For the middle class segment, it seems that the Koreans are doing really well in recent 5-7 years against their rivals, the Japanese. Beautiful cars coming out from factories of Hyundai and Kia (The Avante, Tucson, the Kia sportage 2022 model is a game changer) while more traditional Japanese rivals like Nissan, Suzuki and even Honda (Fit/Jazz, Vezel and recent Civic looks damn boring and boxy imo) are lagging behind in design.

 

The only exception for the Japanese, are Mazda's designs.

 

As for the Europeans, the French had always made beautiful but unreliable cars (Renault captur, Citroën Spacetourer, DS 7) Seems that consumer's ideology hasn't changed yet. Audi and Merc designs have always remained classy, elegant and posh (See Q3 & Q5 sportback, even the new A3) but BMW's bold step in redesigning its front grille (Larger, louder and bold) may not be to the liking of some consumers I spoke to (Look at the new 4 series... looks like huge nostrils).

Edited August 20, 2021 by Kazuya