The way a friend who knows cars would. We weigh what each car loses a year against its age, mileage, owners and how long it has sat unsold. The cheapest a year doesn’t always win, and every pick comes with its reason.

sgcarmart counts a car as worth only its PARF rebate when its COE runs out, which for an older car is often nothing. Plenty still sell for real money after that: a Porsche 911, a Civic Type R, a car on a renewed COE. We count what cars like it really sell for, so a car that holds its value doesn’t look dearer than it is. For most everyday cars the two agree.

Often longer than the listing says. Dealers repost cars so they look new, and the date starts again. We go by the earliest sign it was on sale: when the car’s photos first went up, or the day we first saw it, since we check every listing on sgcarmart daily. A car that has sat for months usually has room to bargain.

Every car comes with a suggested offer, a place to start the talk. It’s lower the longer the car has sat unsold, and lower again when it’s priced above similar cars.

Yes, on Telegram. Tap “Alerts” on any search and our bot messages you each morning when a car in it drops its price or a new one is listed.

Every day we read the price of every used car on sgcarmart, so both rows change daily.

Price cuts are the week’s biggest real drops. Best buys are the cars that lose the least a year against similar ones, by our true depreciation (what you pay, less what it’s worth when the COE ends, per year).

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