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June 2026 COE Results 2nd Bidding: The COE horse was in a school holiday mood and slowed down in four of the five Categories, while Open Category E barely moved
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A podium-filled weekend for Motorist and the Shane Ang Racing team at the opening weekend of the PT Maxnitron Racing Series
Fellow Motorist: Tzong Lee, co-founder & co-CEO, TRAPO
The official Formula 1 Exhibition is coming to Singapore in July
June 2026 COE Results 1st Bidding: The COE stallion was a costly workhorse again, with Cat C premium at a new peak of $94k, while the car Categories were more or less still expensive
Motorist is going racing with Aiden Chong and the Shane Ang Racing team for the 2026 season
May 2026 COE Results 2nd Bidding: The COE horse went racing again, with Category E at $130k and commercial-vehicle Category C at an all-time high of $92.2k
Motormouth: May the downforce be with you on the road in our home galaxy
Cat A needs more COEs to meet current demand but gets fewer instead, while Cat B gets more COEs
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January 2025 COE Results 1st Bidding: The COE snake started the new year fiercely in Categories B and E, with both premiums crossing $120k, but Categories A and C slithered down a bit
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December 2024 COE Results 2nd Bidding: The COE dragon didn’t take a final breather for 2024 before going on its three-week break, with higher premiums in all Categories except commercial vehicles
Honda and Nissan driving towards a merger
Motorist goes racing! Motorist joins forces with local racer, Aiden Chong, to take on Asia's only 25-hour endurance race
November 2024 COE Results 1st Bidding: The COE dragon lost some altitude in all the Categories, with Cat A now under $100k, Cat C under $70k, and both Categories B and E under $110k
LTA will inject up to 20,000 additional COEs into the vehicle quota system over the next few years, but crucial questions remain
October 2024 COE Results 2nd Bidding: The COE dragon stopped its upward trajectory and dipped a bit across all the Categories
October 2024 COE Results 1st Bidding: The COE dragon hit new highs for 2024 in car Categories A, B and E, turbocharged by the three-week bidding gap and last weekend’s sales promotions at The Car Expo
September 2024 COE Results 2nd Bidding: The COE dragon drove fast in a dragon boat support race for F1 Singapore Grand Prix and went even higher in Categories A, B and E, with Cat A COE almost hitting $99k
Motormouth: F1 doesn’t help automakers sell more cars to the mass market
September 2024 COE Results 1st Bidding: The COE dragon didn’t take a school holiday break, with quota premiums increasing across the board and Category A exceeding $96k
August 2024 COE Results 2nd Bidding: The COE dragon took a quick breather, with Categories A, B, and D all closing slightly lower