Singapore March 2025: BYD up 60% to hold onto pole position

BYD holds 18.8% of the Singaporean market in March.

Singaporean new car sales continue to march forward in March at +23.5% year-on-year to 4,333 units. This way, the Q1 tally is up 33.7% to 10.914. BYD (+60%) surges once again to lodge its third consecutive win with 18.8% share. Toyota (+15.8%) trails the market but repeats at #2, a ranking it now also holds year-to-date. Honda (+124%) leaps up two spots on last month to #3, with BMW (+21.7%) and Mercedes (-3%) both underperforming and closing out the Top 5. Tesla (-28.4%) is hit hard below, as are Nissan (-55.5%), Hyundai (-31.1%) and Kia (-11.1%). Meanwhile newcomer Xpeng lodges its second ever Top 10 finish after last November (#10) with 2.2% share. 

Previous month: Singapore February 2025: BYD above 20% share for third straight month

One year ago: Singapore March 2024: Toyota back to #1, BYD up 13-fold

Full March 2025 Top 41 All brands ranking below.

Singapore March 2025 – brands:

Pos Brand Mar-25 % /24 Feb 2025 % /24 Pos FY24
1 BYD 816 18.8% + 60.0% 1 2,183 20.0% + 82.5% 1 2
2 Toyota (incl Lexus) 632 14.6% + 15.8% 2 1,393 12.8% + 6.0% 2 1
3 Honda 522 12.0% + 124.0% 5 1,064 9.7% + 78.5% 5 5
4 BMW 521 12.0% + 21.7% 3 1,324 12.1% + 11.8% 4 4
5 Mercedes 447 10.3% – 3.0% 4 1,374 12.6% + 12.7% 3 3
6 Tesla 151 3.5% – 28.4% 6 413 3.8% + 18.7% 6 6
7 Hyundai 133 3.1% – 31.1% 7 359 3.3% + 4.7% 7 7
8 Kia 112 2.6% – 11.1% 8 336 3.1% + 45.5% 8 10
9 Nissan 109 2.5% – 55.5% 10 249 2.3% – 42.1% 9 8
10 Xpeng 95 2.2% new 12 190 1.7% new 11 18
11 GAC 81 1.9% new 11 159 1.5% new 13 19
12 Mazda 73 1.7% – 22.3% 9 229 2.1% + 1.3% 10 9
13 Volkswagen 73 1.7% + 231.8% 20 143 1.3% + 146.6% 14 11
14 Volvo 63 1.5% + 70.3% 18 142 1.3% + 46.4% 15 14
15 Porsche 60 1.4% + 7.1% 13 168 1.5% + 36.6% 12 12
16 Audi 52 1.2% – 1.9% 16 122 1.1% – 22.3% 17 13
17 Subaru 47 1.1% + 213.3% 17 133 1.2% + 358.6% 16 16
18 Suzuki 44 1.0% + 193.3% 14 108 1.0% + 170.0% 18 20
19 Skoda 37 0.9% + 27.6% 23 89 0.8% + 30.9% 21 17
20 Chery 32 0.7% new 21 90 0.8% new 20 26
21 Mini 32 0.7% + 190.9% 22 80 0.7% + 128.6% 23 21
22 MG 27 0.6% – 70.3% 19 105 1.0% – 40.3% 19 15
23 Polestar 26 0.6% + 420.0% 28 47 0.4% + 161.1% 25 25
24 Dongfeng 25 0.6% new 15 84 0.8% new 22 40
25 Zeekr 23 0.5% new 25 63 0.6% new 24 27
26 Land Rover 20 0.5% – 13.0% 26 40 0.4% – 18.4% 27 23
27 Great Wall 15 0.3% – 42.3% 27 34 0.3% – 17.1% 29 24
28 Maxus 11 0.3% + 83.3% 24 38 0.3% + 100.0% 28 28
29 Smart 11 0.3% n/a 34 18 0.2% + 800.0% 31 32
30 Peugeot 10 0.2% – 44.4% 29 43 0.4% – 12.2% 26 22
31 Maserati 6 0.1% – 25.0% 37 18 0.2% – 33.3% 30 29
32 Jeep 6 0.1% + 500.0%  – 8 0.1% + 14.3% 36 37
33 Cupra 5 0.1% new  – 5 0.0% new 37  –
34 Deepal 3 0.1% new 41 4 0.0% new 40  –
35 Opel 3 0.1% – 72.7%  – 3 0.0% – 78.6% 41 31
36 Citroen 2 0.0% – 66.7% 30 10 0.1% – 16.7% 32 30
37 Lotus 2 0.0% – 60.0% 33 9 0.1% + 80.0% 33 38
38 Bentley 2 0.0% – 50.0% 31 8 0.1% + 14.3% 34 36
39 Skyworth 2 0.0% new 39 5 0.0% new 39  –
40 Ferrari 1 0.0% – 50.0% 32 8 0.1% + 33.3% 35 33
41 Seat 1 0.0% n/a  – 1 0.0% n/a 48  –

Source: LTA



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