Singapore car market data
Making sense of Singapore's car market
Vehicle registration data and COE bidding results, presented in a way that is easier to understand. No spreadsheets required.
Years of COE and registration history
Car makes tracked every month
COE bidding exercises analysed
Monthly data points across every dataset
Approximate counts across every dataset.
The project
What we do
Each time LTA publishes, we pull the latest figures from DataMall, check them against the previous release, and turn them into charts you can read in a few seconds. Registrations, deregistrations, COE premiums, PQP rates, fuel type mix and the vehicle population all sit on one platform.
The raw data is public, but it arrives as spreadsheets with column headers like MonthOfRegistration and no context. We do the joining, the naming and the arithmetic, then show the trend beside the number so you can tell whether this month's premium is high or low.
MotorMetrics is free and open. There is no account to create and nothing behind a paywall. It is an independent project, built and maintained by Ru Chern, a software engineer, alongside a full-time job.
Coverage
What we track
Six datasets, each with its own history and filters.
Monthly car registrations by make, vehicle type and fuel type.
COE premiums →Every bidding exercise across Categories A to E, with quota and bids received.
PQP rates →The prevailing quota premium for renewing a COE, as a 3-month moving average.
Deregistrations →Vehicles taken off the road each month, by category.
Vehicle population →Every vehicle on Singapore roads, split by fuel type and year.
EV adoption →Battery-electric and hybrid share of new registrations, by make and month.
Every dataset is sourced from LTA via DataMall.
Where the data comes from
One source, checked at every release
Every figure on this site comes from Singapore's Land Transport Authority via DataMall. We do not estimate, model or fill gaps. When LTA revises a release, we revise with it.
Official government release, no third-party aggregation
Registrations land within days of each release; COE results after every bidding exercise
Gaps are shown as gaps, never filled in
Source: LTA via DataMall.
FAQ
Common questions
Registration figures are refreshed within days of each LTA release. COE results are published after every bidding exercise, twice a month.
Select a question to read the answer.
Get the numbers when they land
New COE results and registration figures are posted as soon as they publish. Nothing else.