Singapore September 2016: Honda overtakes Toyota, takes YTD lead

The HR-V is the main force behind Honda’s domination of the Singaporean market this year.

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New car sales in Singapore continue to gallop ahead, pushed forward by lower prices for Certificates of Entitlement. September is up 51% year-on-year to 7.944 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 68% to 65.412 units. The big news this month is the access of Honda to the year-to-date pole position thanks to September deliveries up 112% to 1.863 vs. 1.690 (+47%) for Toyota+Lexus, leading to a 9 month-tally of 13.909 (+191%) vs. 13.794 (+73%) for Toyota+Lexus. Honda’s pole position rewards five monthly #1 rankings in the past 7 months. Mazda (+137%), Mitsubishi (+118%), Ford (+196%), Mini (+164%), Renault (+223%) and Suzuki (+141%) also take off this month.

Previous month: Singapore August 2016: Honda threatens Toyota for YTD lead

One year ago: Singapore September 2015: Honda up 4-fold to 16.7% market share

Full September 2016 Top 35 All-brands ranking below.