COE prices — October 2026, 2nd bidding
Latest COE quota premiums for Categories A–E, the PQP you pay to renew, and every bidding result since 2002 — charted, searchable and downloadable.
Latest results
- Quota
- 1,191
- Bids received
- 1,574
- Bids per COE
- 1.32
- Quota
- 923
- Bids received
- 1,149
- Bids per COE
- 1.24
- Quota
- 308
- Bids received
- 481
- Bids per COE
- 1.56
- Quota
- 539
- Bids received
- 611
- Bids per COE
- 1.13
- Quota
- 270
- Bids received
- 411
- Bids per COE
- 1.52
Next bidding exercise
- November 2026, 1st bidding — opens Mon 2 Nov, 12 noon · closes Wed 4 Nov 2026, 4pm
- November 2026, 2nd bidding — opens Mon 16 Nov, 12 noon · closes Wed 18 Nov 2026, 4pm
Exercises open at noon on the first and third Monday of the month and run three working days, so a public holiday pushes the close back. Check LTA’s bidding schedule on OneMotoring before you bid.
Cat A and Cat B may be merged
On 8 Oct 2026 LTA proposed one passenger-car category with a value-based rebate or surcharge of up to $15,000. It is a consultation, not a decision — feedback closes 2 Nov 2026.
What it would mean for you →COE price history
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Recent bidding results
Quota premium in S$. Arrows compare with the previous exercise.
| Exercise | Cat A | Cat B | Cat C | Cat D | Cat E |
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| October 2026, 2nd bidding | $132,004 ▲ | $131,901 ▲ | $92,200 ▲ | $10,778 ▼ | $135,790 ▼ |
| October 2026, 1st bidding | $130,001 ▼ | $130,100 ▼ | $91,889 ▼ | $11,012 ▼ | $137,000 |
| September 2026, 2nd bidding | $131,890 ▼ | $133,000 ▼ | $92,144 ▼ | $12,201 ▼ | $137,000 ▼ |
| September 2026, 1st bidding | $133,009 ▲ | $135,001 ▲ | $93,101 ▲ | $12,556 ▲ | $137,890 ▲ |
| August 2026, 2nd bidding | $128,501 ▲ | $131,001 ▲ | $90,002 ▼ | $11,301 ▲ | $135,000 ▲ |
| August 2026, 1st bidding | $123,890 ▼ | $129,910 ▲ | $91,545 ▼ | $10,503 ▲ | $131,000 ▲ |
| July 2026, 2nd bidding | $126,000 ▼ | $129,890 ▼ | $93,889 ▼ | $10,202 ▲ | $129,971 ▲ |
| July 2026, 1st bidding | $129,000 ▲ | $130,889 ▲ | $95,000 ▲ | $10,201 ▲ | $129,801 ▲ |
| June 2026, 2nd bidding | $123,847 ▼ | $123,502 ▼ | $93,001 ▼ | $9,989 ▼ | $129,002 ▲ |
| June 2026, 1st bidding | $126,009 ▲ | $126,989 ▼ | $94,000 ▲ | $10,000 ▲ | $129,000 ▼ |
| May 2026, 2nd bidding | $124,229 ▼ | $129,501 ▲ | $92,223 ▲ | $9,689 ▲ | $130,000 ▲ |
| May 2026, 1st bidding | $124,790 | $126,236 | $87,479 | $9,452 | $127,700 |
COE renewal: Prevailing Quota Premium (PQP)
To keep a car or motorcycle past its COE, you pay the PQP of its category: the average of the last six exercises’ premiums (three months), rounded up. Renewing for 5 years costs half of it, also rounded up.
| Category | PQP for November 2026 · 10-year renewal | 5-year renewal | vs October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat A · Cars up to 1,600cc and 97kW (130bhp); EVs up to 110kW | $129,883 | $64,942 | +$1,168 |
| Cat B · Cars above 1,600cc or 97kW; EVs above 110kW | $131,819 | $65,910 | +$203 |
| Cat C · Goods vehicles and buses | $91,814 | $45,907 | −$800 |
| Cat D · Motorcycles | $11,392 | $5,696 | +$231 |
Calculated from the stored results the same way LTA does; it matched every PQP LTA published from 2002 to 2026. Check your exact amount on OneMotoring before paying.
All-time high and low since 2002
Average COE price by year
Mean of the year’s quota premiums (S$). Hover or tap a figure for that year’s high and low.
| Year | Cat A | Cat B | Cat C | Cat D | Cat E | Exercises |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $120,931 | $124,306 | $86,224 | $9,960 | $126,997 | 20 |
| 2025 | $102,912 | $120,748 | $69,302 | $8,951 | $121,206 | 24 |
| 2024 | $90,495 | $103,730 | $70,932 | $9,280 | $104,524 | 24 |
| 2023 | $94,538 | $121,801 | $80,533 | $10,774 | $125,418 | 24 |
| 2022 | $75,809 | $100,946 | $58,394 | $10,945 | $102,753 | 24 |
| 2021 | $47,425 | $61,223 | $40,527 | $8,585 | $63,727 | 24 |
| 2020 | $35,404 | $38,155 | $27,508 | $6,380 | $38,405 | 18 |
| 2019 | $29,907 | $38,815 | $26,311 | $3,615 | $40,618 | 24 |
| 2018 | $33,038 | $35,345 | $31,828 | $5,930 | $35,693 | 24 |
| 2017 | $45,991 | $51,800 | $43,909 | $6,130 | $51,874 | 24 |
| 2016 | $49,587 | $52,122 | $46,946 | $6,368 | $52,523 | 24 |
| 2015 | $60,601 | $66,851 | $50,467 | $6,107 | $67,814 | 24 |
| 2014 | $67,675 | $73,282 | $50,764 | $4,027 | $73,436 | 24 |
| 2013 | $74,690 | $78,712 | $60,342 | $1,757 | $80,278 | 24 |
| 2012 | $63,898 | $84,431 | $55,150 | $1,836 | $86,001 | 24 |
| 2011 | $48,206 | $64,938 | $31,885 | $2,098 | $66,047 | 24 |
| 2010 | $30,405 | $39,834 | $29,788 | $1,309 | $41,424 | 24 |
| 2009 | $11,600 | $12,412 | $11,941 | $897 | $13,302 | 24 |
| 2008 | $12,330 | $13,412 | $13,012 | $1,234 | $14,353 | 24 |
| 2007 | $14,101 | $15,936 | $6,887 | $1,108 | $16,490 | 24 |
| 2006 | $11,187 | $12,430 | $7,642 | $853 | $12,572 | 24 |
| 2005 | $16,551 | $15,709 | $6,469 | $621 | $16,921 | 24 |
| 2004 | $25,181 | $25,203 | $7,835 | $588 | $25,681 | 24 |
| 2003 | $28,755 | $28,618 | $10,514 | $232 | $29,243 | 24 |
| 2002 | $31,272 | $32,154 | $19,067 | $221 | $32,583 | 22 |
Cat A and Cat B merger proposal (2026)
LTA proposes replacing Cat A and Cat B with one passenger-car category. Everyone would bid in the same pool and pay the same clearing price, and then a “feebate” based on the car model’s median Open Market Value (OMV) would add a surcharge or give a rebate. Engine size and power would no longer decide your category.
Why now: EVs can be tuned to fit Cat A’s power limit, so expensive cars compete with budget cars for Cat A, and Cat A closed above Cat B 86 times since 2002 — 4 of them in 2026.
Starts at the quota-weighted average of the latest Cat A and Cat B premiums. A merged pool would clear at its own price — change the figure to try other levels.
Option A: three bands
| Band | Rebate / surcharge | You would pay |
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OMV percentile (2025 cars): 0–35th
BYD Atto 3, Honda Freed, Honda Jazz, Mazda 3, Suzuki Swift, Toyota Sienta
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$15,000 rebate | $116,959 |
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2
OMV percentile (2025 cars): 35–50th
Audi A3, Honda Civic 1.5 Turbo, Nissan Serena, Toyota Corolla Altis
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No adjustment | $131,959 |
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3
OMV percentile (2025 cars): >50th
Audi Q3, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Tesla Model Y RWD, Toyota Alphard
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$15,000 surcharge | $146,959 |
Option B: five bands
| Band | Rebate / surcharge | You would pay |
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OMV percentile (2025 cars): 0–10th
Honda Jazz, Mazda 3, Nissan Note, Suzuki Swift
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$15,000 rebate | $116,959 |
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2
OMV percentile (2025 cars): 10–35th
BYD Atto 3, Honda Freed, Toyota Noah, Toyota Sienta
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$7,500 rebate | $124,459 |
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3
OMV percentile (2025 cars): 35–50th
Audi A3, Honda Civic 1.5 Turbo, Nissan Serena, Toyota Corolla Altis
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No adjustment | $131,959 |
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4
OMV percentile (2025 cars): 50–75th
Audi Q3, BMW 216, Honda Odyssey, Tesla Model 3 RWD 110
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$7,500 surcharge | $139,459 |
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5
OMV percentile (2025 cars): >75th
BMW iX2, Honda Civic Type R, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Tesla Model Y RWD, Toyota Alphard
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$15,000 surcharge | $146,959 |
- Not in force. Current Cat A and B rules, prices and PQP still apply to every bid and renewal.
- Bands come from each model’s median OMV, published yearly; the models listed are LTA’s indicative examples from 2025 registrations.
- LTA suggests the feebate may not apply to renewals, with possible transition help for existing Cat A owners.
- Cat E may be removed or kept for cars only; Cat C (goods vehicles) and Cat D (motorcycles) are not part of the merger.
Timeline
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Apr–May 2026Focus groups with 200+ members of the public and industry
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8 Oct 2026Public consultation opens
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2 Nov 2026Feedback closes (11.59pm)
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End 2026LTA completes the review
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1H 2027Findings and recommendations shared
Data: LTA COE bidding results on data.gov.sg (Singapore Open Data Licence). History from Feb 2002, when open bidding began; no bidding took place in Apr–Jun 2020.
In-depth guide
COE prices explained: bidding, categories, PQP renewal and the 2026 Cat A/B merger proposal
How the COE quota premium is set in each bidding exercise, what Categories A to E cover, how the PQP for renewing a COE is calculated, what 24 years of results show, and what LTA's proposal to merge Cat A and Cat B with a value-based feebate would change.
Key figures at a glance
- How the COE price is set
- Highest unsuccessful bid + $1
- Every successful bidder pays this quota premium (QP). Bidding is open: you see the current price and can revise your bid.
- Source: LTA consultation paper
- Bidding exercises
- Twice a month, Monday 12 noon to Wednesday 4pm
- First and third week of the month; a public holiday extends the exercise.
- Source: LTA OneMotoring
- Category A (cars)
- Up to 1,600cc and 97kW (130bhp); fully electric cars up to 110kW
- Category B is everything above either limit. EV threshold applies to COEs from the May 2022 1st exercise.
- Source: LTA OneMotoring
- PQP (renewal price)
- Average of the last 6 exercises' QP (3 months), rounded up
- Known once the 2nd exercise of the previous month closes. Category E has no PQP.
- Source: LTA OneMotoring
- 5-year COE renewal
- 50% of the PQP, rounded up
- Cars and motorcycles can renew for 5 years only once. A 10-year renewal costs the full PQP.
- Source: LTA OneMotoring
- Proposed Cat A/B feebate — largest rebate or surcharge
- $15,000
- Proposal under public consultation (8 Oct – 2 Nov 2026), not in force.
- Source: LTA
- Proposed five-band option — step between bands
- $7,500
- $15,000 and $7,500 rebates, no adjustment, then $7,500 and $15,000 surcharges.
- Source: LTA consultation paper
Getting a COE and keeping it: step by step
Most buyers let the dealer bid as part of the car package, but the steps are the same whether you or the dealer bids.
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Step 1: Check the latest premium and the trend
Before you shopLook at the last few exercises for your category on this page — the bids-per-COE ratio shows how much demand there is for the quota.
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Step 2: Work out the full price of the car
Before committingThe COE is only one part. OMV, duty, GST, the ARF and the registration fee come on top.
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Step 3: Bid in an open exercise
Monday 12 noon to Wednesday 4pm, twice a monthIndividuals can bid at DBS/POSB ATMs and revise online; dealers bid online. You can watch the current price and revise your bid until the close.
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Step 4: Use the temporary COE in time
After a successful bidRegister the vehicle before the temporary COE expires — 6 months for Cat A and B, 3 months for Cat C and E, 1 month for Cat D — or the bid deposit is forfeited.
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Step 5: Decide whether to renew
Before the 10-year COE expiresPay the PQP for 10 more years or half the PQP (rounded up) for 5 more years, or deregister and collect the PARF and COE rebates.
What the COE price actually is
A Certificate of Entitlement gives the right to register and use a vehicle for 10 years. LTA sets a quota for each category for every three-month period and splits it across the bidding exercises. The quota premium (QP) — what people call "the COE price" — is the highest unsuccessful bid plus $1, and every successful bidder pays that same amount, whatever they bid.
Bidding is open: during the exercise everyone can see the current clearing price and revise their bid. LTA's 2026 consultation paper found that around two in three Cat A and B bids in 2025 were within 5% of the final price, which is why the price rarely surprises people who watched the exercise.
The five COE categories
| Category | Covers | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A | Cars up to 1,600cc and 97kW (130bhp); fully electric cars up to 110kW (147bhp) | "Mass-market" cars |
| B | Cars above 1,600cc or 97kW; fully electric cars above 110kW | "Higher-value" cars |
| C | Goods vehicles and buses | |
| D | Motorcycles | |
| E | Open: any vehicle except motorcycles | Usually used for Cat B cars, so it tracks Cat B closely |
Cat E receives 10% of the deregistrations from Cat A, B and C. A Cat E COE cannot be renewed as Cat E: the vehicle renews at the PQP of its own category (A to D).
When bidding happens
There are two exercises a month. Each opens at 12 noon on Monday in the first and third week and runs three working days to 4pm. A public holiday pushes the close back — in 2026, the second February exercise closed on Friday 20 February because of Chinese New Year, and the first June exercise ran Tuesday to Thursday because of the Vesak Day holiday. This page lists the next two exercises; LTA publishes the full year's schedule on OneMotoring.
Bidding was suspended in April, May and June 2020 (circuit breaker); there are no results for those months.
Reading quota, bids and bids per COE
Each card on this page shows the quota (COEs on offer), the bids received and the bids per COE. A ratio well above 1 means many bidders are competing for each certificate and the price tends to rise; a ratio close to 1 means almost every bidder succeeds. The quota itself follows deregistrations, so a wave of 10-year-old cars being scrapped raises supply a few months later.
PQP: what it costs to renew a COE
To keep a vehicle past its COE you pay the Prevailing Quota Premium (PQP) of its category: the average of the quota premiums in the last three months of bidding — six exercises — rounded up to the dollar. A month's PQP is fixed once the second exercise of the previous month closes, and it moves more slowly than the QP.
Worked example — the PQP for November 2026, Cat A:
| Exercise | Cat A QP |
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| August 2026, 1st | $123,890 |
| August 2026, 2nd | $128,501 |
| September 2026, 1st | $133,009 |
| September 2026, 2nd | $131,890 |
| October 2026, 1st | $130,001 |
| October 2026, 2nd | $132,004 |
| Average, rounded up | $129,883 |
- 10-year renewal: the full PQP — $129,883.
- 5-year renewal: 50% of the PQP, rounded up — $64,942. Cars and motorcycles can renew for 5 years only once and must then be deregistered. Goods vehicles and buses can keep renewing in 5-year steps until their statutory lifespan ends.
The PQP on this page is calculated from the stored results in exactly this way; it matched every PQP LTA published from April 2002 to September 2026, including the months after the 2020 suspension. Confirm your own amount on OneMotoring before paying, and see what you would get back instead if you deregister with the PARF and COE rebate calculator.
What 24 years of results show
- 2008–2009 crash: after the financial crisis Cat A fell to $2 in the second November 2008 exercise and Cat B to $200 in the second January 2009 exercise.
- The 2023 peak: Cat B reached $150,001 and Cat E $158,004 in the second October 2023 exercise. Cat B averaged about $27,000 more than Cat A that year.
- 2026: Cat A catches up. Cat A set its own record of $133,009 in the first September 2026 exercise, and the gap between Cat A and Cat B has almost closed — Cat B averaged only about $4,900 above Cat A over the 12 months to October 2026. Cat A closed above Cat B in February, April and June 2026, and again in the second October exercise.
- Cat A closing above Cat B is not new — it happened often before 2014, when Cat A was decided by engine size alone — but it became much less common after LTA added the power limit in 2014 (13 times from 2014 to 2021, none from 2022 to 2025), until electric cars started to blur the line again.
Use the chart's Cat B − Cat A gap view to see this, and the yearly table for averages, highs and lows.
The proposal to merge Cat A and Cat B (2026)
On 8 October 2026 LTA opened a public consultation on replacing Cat A and Cat B with one passenger-car category. It is a proposal, not a decision: today's categories, prices and PQP still apply to every bid and renewal.
Why LTA wants to change it. Electric cars are software-driven, so makers can tune higher-value models to fit Cat A's 110kW limit — the same Tesla Model Y can fall into either category depending on its power rating. Buyers of mass-market and higher-value cars now compete for the same Cat A COEs, and the price difference between the two categories has shrunk. LTA also argues that a mass-market car and a luxury car take up the same road space, and one larger pool could make prices less volatile.
How it would work.
- Everyone bids for COEs from the same car pool and pays the same clearing price.
- A feebate then adjusts what each buyer pays: a rebate for lower-value cars, nothing for mid-range cars and a surcharge for higher-value cars.
- The band depends on the median Open Market Value (OMV) of the car model — not engine size, power or selling price. LTA would publish each model's band every year, and retailers could appeal.
LTA asked for views on two band structures (percentiles of OMV among 2025 registrations):
| Option | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 5 |
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| A: three bands | 0–35th: $15,000 rebate | 35–50th: no change | above 50th: $15,000 surcharge | — | — |
| B: five bands | 0–10th: $15,000 rebate | 10–35th: $7,500 rebate | 35–50th: no change | 50–75th: $7,500 surcharge | above 75th: $15,000 surcharge |
LTA's indicative examples include the Honda Jazz, Mazda 3 and Suzuki Swift in the cheapest band, the Toyota Corolla Altis and Honda Civic 1.5 Turbo with no adjustment, and the Mercedes-Benz GLC, Tesla Model Y RWD and Toyota Alphard in the top surcharge band. Under either option the difference between the cheapest and the dearest band is $30,000.
Example. If the single car category cleared at $132,000, a Band 1 car would pay $117,000 and a top-band car $147,000 under either option; under Option B a Band 2 car would pay $124,500 and a Band 4 car $139,500. The calculator on this page lets you try any price. Note that nobody knows what a merged pool would clear at — LTA says the aim is to restore the distinction between mass-market and higher-value cars, not to change the overall price level, which still depends on demand and supply.
Other open questions in the consultation:
- Renewals. Because Cat A and B prices have converged, LTA suggests the feebate may not need to apply to PQP renewals, with possible transition arrangements for existing owners of mass-market cars.
- Category E. It could be removed, or kept for cars only so that it no longer takes quota from goods vehicles.
- Cat C and Cat D are not part of the merger.
- Other ideas LTA heard but does not propose now: allocating COEs by family needs, pay-as-you-bid, a separate category for private-hire cars and surcharges on second cars.
Timeline. Focus groups were held in April–May 2026. Feedback closes on 2 November 2026 at 11.59pm at go.gov.sg/coe-pcd-feedback. LTA expects to finish the review by the end of 2026 and to share its findings and recommendations in the first half of 2027. No start date for any change has been announced.
What it means if you are buying now: nothing changes for bids or renewals until LTA announces a decision. If a merger goes ahead, budget cars and mass-market EVs in the lower OMV bands could pay less than the single price, while higher-end models — including powerful EVs that currently qualify for Cat A — would pay more.
Which tool for what
- COE & car upfront cost calculator — add OMV, ARF, duty, GST and the registration fee to a COE price.
- PARF and COE rebate calculator — what you get back if you deregister instead of renewing.
- Car affordability calculator — whether the monthly cost fits your budget.
- Road tax calculator — the yearly road tax after you register.
- Loan repayment calculator — the instalment on a car loan.
About the data
Results come from LTA's open data on data.gov.sg under the Singapore Open Data Licence. The history starts in February 2002, when two-a-month open bidding began; earlier closed-bidding results used different categories and are not included. The page checks for new results every hour; data.gov.sg usually publishes an exercise within a few days of it closing. Where LTA's two datasets disagree for two 2010 figures (the second January 2010 Cat D premium and the first February 2010 Cat B quota), this page uses the SingStat figures, which match the surrounding data. You can download everything as CSV, or as JSON from /api/coe.
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest COE price?
The cards at the top of this page show the quota premium of the latest bidding exercise for Categories A to E, the change from the previous exercise, the quota and the number of bids. They update automatically from LTA’s data.gov.sg dataset after each exercise.
When is the next COE bidding exercise?
There are two exercises a month. Each usually opens at noon on the first or third Monday of the month and closes at 4pm on the Wednesday; a public holiday in between extends it. The next expected closing dates are shown above, and LTA confirms them on OneMotoring.
How is the COE price decided?
Bidding is open: everyone can see the current price and revise their bid. When the exercise closes, the quota premium is set at the highest unsuccessful bid plus $1, and every successful bidder pays that same amount.
What is the PQP and how is it calculated?
The Prevailing Quota Premium is what you pay to renew a COE. It is the average of the quota premiums of the last three months of bidding (six exercises), rounded up to the dollar, and is known once the second exercise of the previous month closes. Cat E has no PQP: those vehicles renew at the PQP of their own category.
How much does it cost to renew a COE for 5 or 10 years?
A 10-year renewal costs the full PQP of the vehicle’s category. A 5-year renewal costs 50% of the PQP, rounded up; cars and motorcycles can renew for 5 years only once and must be deregistered when it ends.
Are COE Cat A and Cat B being merged?
Not yet. On 8 October 2026 LTA opened a public consultation on merging them into one car category with a value-based rebate or surcharge of up to $15,000. Feedback closes on 2 November 2026, LTA expects to finish the review by the end of 2026 and to share its recommendations in the first half of 2027. Until then the current categories apply.
How much would I pay under the proposed feebate?
Everyone would pay the single car category price, then adjusted by band. Under Option A (three bands) the cheapest 35% of models by median OMV get a $15,000 rebate, the next 15% no change and the rest a $15,000 surcharge. Option B (five bands) uses $15,000 and $7,500 rebates, no change, then $7,500 and $15,000 surcharges. The calculator on this page shows what each band would pay at any price.
How far back does the COE history go?
Every exercise from February 2002, when two-a-month open bidding began, to the latest one — Categories A to E with premium, quota, bids received and successful bids. There was no bidding in April, May and June 2020. You can download it all as CSV.
Sources
- data.gov.sg — COE Bidding Results / Prices (LTA) — Per-exercise results from January 2010; used for the latest exercises.
- data.gov.sg — Motor Vehicle Quota, Quota Premium and Prevailing Quota Premium, Monthly (SingStat M651121) — Results and published PQP from February 2002.
- LTA OneMotoring — COE open bidding and categories
- LTA OneMotoring — COE renewal
- LTA OneMotoring — Schedule of COE open bidding exercises, 2026
- LTA — Launch of public consultation on COE categorisation for cars (8 Oct 2026)
- LTA — Public consultation paper on COE categorisation for cars — Tables 1 and 2 (feebate bands), paragraphs 2.19–2.24 (renewals and Category E).
This guide explains published rules in plain language. It is not financial, legal or official advice — rules change, so confirm with the agency linked above before you commit.