Mercedes-Benz SLC180 insurance for a 21-year-old new driver

In short

On 28 Oct 2026, the cheapest comprehensive car insurance for a Mercedes-Benz SLC180 driven by a 21-year-old new driver is S$6,070.25 a year (GST included) at Sompo, Comprehensive Cover – Authorised Workshop Plan; 2 insurers quote this driver online, up to S$8,020.98 at AIG.

• 2 insurers quote this driver online; 12 do not.
• That is 6.9 times what a 40-year-old with a 50% NCD and no claims pays for the same car (S$876.88).

Why this driver pays this

• A driver in the first year of driving has no record to go on, so insurers charge a new-driver loading and there is no no-claim discount to take off. Young drivers, under about 26, pay a further loading at most insurers.
• The car matters too: insurers group models by value, repair costs and claims; the Mercedes-Benz SLC180 has a 1,595cc engine.
• 12 insurers do not quote this driver online on this car: Allianz (This insurer's online price is for main drivers aged 25 or over); ECICS (ECICS quotes main drivers aged 26 to 70 online); ERGO (This insurer has no online price for this car model yet); Etiqa (This insurer's online price is for main drivers aged 24 or over when cover starts); Great Eastern (This insurer's online price is for main drivers aged 26 or over); HL Assurance (HL Assurance insures main drivers aged 27 to 64 online); India International (This insurer has no online price for this car model yet); Liberty (This insurer has no online price for this car model yet); MS First Capital (This insurer has no online price for this car model yet); QBE (This insurer's online price is for main drivers aged 23 or over); Singlife (This insurer has no online price for this car model yet); UOI (This insurer has no online price for this car model yet).

Price history

Since 27 Oct 2026 the lowest price is unchanged, and Sompo has been cheapest throughout.

The Mercedes-Benz SLC180

• Priced as a Mercedes-Benz SLC180 (1,595cc), registered 3 years ago.
• With a 1,595cc engine, the Mercedes-Benz SLC180 needs a Category A COE (S$132,004 in the October 2026, 2nd round) if its power is 97kW (130bhp) or less, and a Category B COE (S$131,901 in the October 2026, 2nd round) if it is more.
• Road tax: about S$739.96 a year for a 1,595cc engine, before any surcharge for a car over 10 years old.
• For a 21-year-old new driver, the Mercedes-Benz SLC180 is the 535th cheapest of 587 car models to insure. Among 311 cars up to 1,600cc it is 306th cheapest, 48% more than the middle price of S$4,101.24.
• Mercedes-Benz SLC180 review: list price, COE, road tax and insurance.

How these prices are worked out

Each price is what the insurer charges today for these answers, GST included: from the rates insurers publish or quote on their own sites, checked against their online quotes every week. Shenton Brokers is an insurance broker in Singapore and compares every insurer that quotes this driver online. Budget Direct, DirectAsia, FWD, Income quote live with your own answers on our results page, so they are not in these figures. The figures for every driver on this car are in a CSV file, updated daily.