COE Results Oct 2025 1st Bidding: Cat A now at $128,105!

Let's not pretend that anyone was expecting any other outcome.

Hot off the recent The Car Expo, this first COE bidding session of October 2025 has seen premiums for Cat A and B continue to climb, even after the two categories have risen dramatically in the past months. You'll also note that this climb comes on the back of a three-week long wait since the last bidding session, a factor that is likely to also have contributed to the healthy gains the categories made this session.

At least premiums for Cat E eased a little this session, after seven consecutive sessions where it steadily climbed upwards.

Get data on past COE bidding exercises at our COE bidding results page.

Cat A COE - Reaching new records

Premiums for Cat A, for cars up to 1,600cc in engine capacity and with an output of no more than 130bhp or electric vehicles with a power output of up to 110kW, climbed this session by $9,102 (7.7%) to reach $128,105. Premiums for the category are now at record highs.

The current premium now stands at 29.6% above the 12-month trailing average. The total number of number of bids submitted exceeded the number of successful bids this round by 103%, far higher than the 12-month average of 54% for the category.

Cat B COE - Also climbing along

Premiums for Cat B, for larger cars with more than 130bhp or engine displacements larger than 1,600cc or electric vehicles with a power output of more than 110kW, climbed this session by $4,110 (3.0%) to reach $141,000. Premiums for the category are currently at their highest for 2025.

This new climb means the current premium for the category is now 21.0% above the 12-month trailing average. The total number of unsuccessful bids this round exceeded the quota available by 45%. This is lower than the 12-month average figure for the category of 50%.

Cat C COE - Also seeing gains

Premiums for Cat C, for goods vehicles and buses, climbed this session by $1,800 (2.5%) to close at $74,301. The number of unsuccessful bids this round exceeded the available quota by 55%, higher than the 12-month average for this category of 52%.

Cat E COE - Finally seeing a dip

Premiums for Cat E, the open category, have finally slipped this session. This slip, however, only totals $493 (0.4%), brining the final premium for the category to $140,009. This figure is still close the the $158,004 that the category reached in October of 2023.

The current premium for the category is now 19.8% above the 12-month trailing average. The total number of unsuccessful bids this round exceeded the quota available by 82%, lower than the 12-month average figure for the category of 87%.

Prevailing Quota Premium

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