Singapore August 2026: GAC at all-time high, Chinese at 51.7% share
GAC sales are up 145.1% year-on-year in August.
4,549 new cars hit Singaporean roads in August, a -2.2% year-on-year contraction. The year-to-date tally remains in frank negative however at +10.3% to 36,646. BYD (+19.6%) ignores the negative market to reach a whopping 24.2% share, its best since last May. Tesla (+1.1%) advances one spot on July to #3, passing a struggling Toyota (-27%). Mercedes (-42.2%) performs even worse but manages to stay in 4th place. GAC (+145.1%) equals its ranking record at #5 and reaches all-time high volumes (250) and share (5.5%). Chery (+258.8%), Xpeng (+126.5%) and MG (+82%) stand out with stellar YoY gains in the remainder of the Top 10. Below, AvatR (+361.5%), Deepal (+207.1%) and Maxus (+190.5%) make themselves noticed while newcomer Leapmotor is up to #22. All in all, Chinese manufacturers reach 51.7% share vs. 30.3% a year ago in August 2025 thanks to sales up 66.9% to 2,352.
Previous month: Singapore July 2026: Chinese at 49.9% share vs. 29.9% a year ago
One year ago: Singapore August 2025: BYD (+82.5%), Tesla (+48.7%) shine, Zeekr up
Full August 2026 Top 47 All brands ranking below.
Singapore August 2026 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Aug-26 | % | /25 | Jul | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | BYD | 1,100 | 24.2% | + 19.6% | 1 | 9,028 | 24.6% | + 39.6% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Tesla | 463 | 10.2% | + 1.1% | 3 | 3,723 | 10.2% | + 74.2% | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Toyota (incl Lexus) | 444 | 9.8% | – 27.0% | 2 | 4,412 | 12.0% | – 8.0% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 260 | 5.7% | – 42.2% | 4 | 2,300 | 6.3% | – 33.3% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | GAC | 250 | 5.5% | + 145.1% | 7 | 1,352 | 3.7% | + 106.4% | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | BMW | 234 | 5.1% | – 41.1% | 8 | 2,031 | 5.5% | – 42.4% | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | MG | 222 | 4.9% | + 82.0% | 6 | 1,419 | 3.9% | + 155.7% | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Honda | 193 | 4.2% | – 58.2% | 5 | 1,697 | 4.6% | – 46.8% | 6 | 5 |
| 9 | Chery | 183 | 4.0% | + 258.8% | 9 | 1,653 | 4.5% | + 351.6% | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | Xpeng | 154 | 3.4% | + 126.5% | 10 | 1,064 | 2.9% | + 101.1% | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | Zeekr | 145 | 3.2% | + 154.4% | 11 | 975 | 2.7% | + 335.3% | 11 | 14 |
| 12 | Nissan | 111 | 2.4% | + 0.0% | 22 | 758 | 2.1% | – 3.6% | 12 | 10 |
| 13 | Kia | 86 | 1.9% | – 16.5% | 13 | 658 | 1.8% | – 21.4% | 13 | 9 |
| 14 | Mazda | 64 | 1.4% | – 42.3% | 18 | 381 | 1.0% | – 52.4% | 20 | 8 |
| 15 | Maxus | 61 | 1.3% | + 190.5% | 15 | 419 | 1.1% | + 229.9% | 15 | 26 |
| 16 | AvatR | 60 | 1.3% | + 361.5% | 16 | 361 | 1.0% | + 2478.6% | 22 | 31 |
| 17 | Subaru | 56 | 1.2% | + 75.0% | 12 | 366 | 1.0% | – 11.4% | 21 | 19 |
| 18 | Audi | 51 | 1.1% | – 33.8% | 23 | 397 | 1.1% | – 10.4% | 18 | 15 |
| 19 | Volvo | 48 | 1.1% | – 33.3% | 20 | 405 | 1.1% | – 4.9% | 17 | 18 |
| 20 | Porsche | 47 | 1.0% | + 14.6% | 21 | 386 | 1.1% | – 10.0% | 19 | 17 |
| 21 | Deepal | 43 | 0.9% | + 207.1% | 19 | 255 | 0.7% | + 249.3% | 24 | 28 |
| 22 | Leapmotor | 40 | 0.9% | new | 24 | 254 | 0.7% | new | 25 | 35 |
| 23 | Suzuki | 40 | 0.9% | + 48.1% | 29 | 283 | 0.8% | + 12.7% | 23 | 21 |
| 24 | Dongfeng | 32 | 0.7% | + 3.2% | 14 | 410 | 1.1% | + 105.0% | 16 | 22 |
| 25 | Geely | 28 | 0.6% | n/a | 25 | 217 | 0.6% | ####### | 26 | 37 |
| 26 | Hyundai | 28 | 0.6% | – 82.3% | 17 | 472 | 1.3% | – 54.0% | 14 | 7 |
| 27 | Great Wall | 20 | 0.4% | + 100.0% | 27 | 60 | 0.2% | – 22.1% | 32 | 29 |
| 28 | Smart | 14 | 0.3% | + 250.0% | 31 | 54 | 0.1% | + 28.6% | 34 | 33 |
| 29 | Volkswagen | 14 | 0.3% | – 68.2% | 26 | 152 | 0.4% | – 65.0% | 27 | 20 |
| 30 | Skoda | 12 | 0.3% | – 42.9% | 28 | 87 | 0.2% | – 62.2% | 30 | 23 |
| 31 | Mini | 9 | 0.2% | – 18.2% | 30 | 138 | 0.4% | – 26.6% | 28 | 24 |
| 32 | Hongqi | 8 | 0.2% | new | 32 | 38 | 0.1% | new | 36 | – |
| 33 | NIO | 6 | 0.1% | new | 35 | 40 | 0.1% | new | 35 | 59 |
| 34 | Land Rover | 3 | 0.1% | – 70.0% | 33 | 88 | 0.2% | – 23.5% | 29 | 25 |
| 35 | Polestar | 3 | 0.1% | – 72.7% | 37 | 54 | 0.1% | – 52.2% | 33 | 27 |
| 36 | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 10 | 0.0% | + 233.3% | 43 | 47 |
| 37 | Cupra | 2 | 0.0% | – 60.0% | 34 | 27 | 0.1% | + 17.4% | 37 | 34 |
| 38 | Ferrari | 2 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | – | 12 | 0.0% | – 29.4% | 41 | 40 |
| 39 | Jaguar | 2 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 41 | 22 | 0.1% | + 100.0% | 38 | 43 |
| 40 | Rolls Royce | 2 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | – | 9 | 0.0% | – 25.0% | 45 | 46 |
| 41 | Chevrolet | 1 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | – | 4 | 0.0% | + 100.0% | 51 | 49 |
| 42 | Jeep | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 38 | 9 | 0.0% | + 12.5% | 44 | 48 |
| 43 | Lotus | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 40 | 6 | 0.0% | – 60.0% | 48 | 41 |
| 44 | Maserati | 1 | 0.0% | – 66.7% | 42 | 15 | 0.0% | – 54.5% | 40 | 36 |
| 45 | McLaren | 1 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | – | 5 | 0.0% | + 66.7% | 50 | 50 |
| 46 | Morgan | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 58 | – |
| 47 | Nash | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 59 | – |
Source: LTA
