COE Prices and Bidding Results 2012 May, 1st Bidding

May 12May 2012

1st Bidding

COE Prices 09/05/2012
COE Category	CAT A Car ≤ 1600cc & 130bhp, or 110kW	CAT B Car > 1600cc & 130bhp, or 110kW	CAT C Goods vehicle & bus	CAT D Motorcycle	CAT E Open - all except motorcycle
Quota Premium	$62,600	$92,050	$58,553	$2,021	$88,990
	$1,601	$1,050	$964	$97	$3,020
PQP	$57,596 (May)	$81,348 (May)	$52,484 (May)	$1,854 (May)	-
Quota	641	354	159	410	311
Bids Received	822	545	218	514	457

CAT A (CARS ≤ 1600cc & 130bhp, or 110kW)

Quota Premium

$62,600

PQP

$57,596 (May)

$1,601

Quota

641

Bids Received

822

CAT B (CARS > 1,600cc or 130bhp, or 110kW)

Quota Premium

$92,050

PQP

$81,348 (May)

$1,050

Quota

354

Bids Received

545

CAT C (GOODS VEHICLE & BUS)

Quota Premium

$58,553

PQP

$52,484 (May)

$964

Quota

159

Bids Received

218

CAT D (MOTORCYCLE)

Quota Premium

$2,021

PQP

$1,854 (May)

$97

Quota

410

Bids Received

514

CAT E (OPEN-ALL EXCEPT MOTORCYCLE)

Quota Premium

$88,990

PQP

$3,020

Quota

311

Bids Received

457

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193 Comments

Lelasham

How about, deposit a fix amount. Once deadline close, the garmen set the COE price. The results of who gets is based on ballot

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Johnnyjoeballing

only the broke people complaining

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about 2 months ago

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U Tin Soe

Lower income families can’t afford to buy a Car anymore. 🥲

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3 months ago

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Melvin Cheong

Ridiculous COE issue is 1 garment won't want to address

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4 months ago

Dylan Ng

Call all go in? sardines

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Quota Premium	Price of the successful COE bid.
Change	Difference between current price of COE and the previous price.
Quota	Number of COE issued.
Bids Received	Number of bidders participating in this COE bidding round.
Prevailing Quota Premium (PQP)	Amount to be paid for COE renewal. Computed from 3-month moving average of COE prices.