41% spike in May-July COE quota

THERE will be a whopping 41.1 per cent more certificates of entitlement (COEs) from next month onwards.

The quota for May-July 2015 will have a total of 19,912 COEs, or 6,637 monthly.

Of these, there will be 2,853 Category A small car COEs per month, or a 44.6 per cent increase from the previous February-April 2015 quota.

Cat B - for bigger cars, ie those above 1,600cc or 130 hp - will see a 28.5 per cent rise to 1,856 COEs each month, while Cat E - the open category which currently tracks Cat B in terms of premium - will enjoy a 54.4 per cent jump to 539 COEs monthly.

But it is Cat C - for goods vehicles and buses - which sees the biggest percentage increase of 99.5 per cent to 736 COEs per month. Meanwhile, Cat D - for motorcycles - gets the smallest hike of 14.6 per cent to 653 COEs.

COE Tracker: An annotated interactive chart with the latest COE results and data from the past 10 years