By Danny Lee

(Bloomberg) – BYD has beaten out Toyota to take the title of most popular car brand in Singapore for the first time.

The Chinese electric vehicle giant saw sales more than quadruple last year to 6,191 cars, surpassing the 5,736 cars sold by Toyota – the world’s biggest carmaker. BYD, which won 14% of the tightly controlled Singaporean market, also outsold Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and BMW.