PMV Brunei 2026: The Government Car Price List, and How to Use It Properly

Looking for the latest PMV list? The government publishes one every quarter. Download the latest edition here: Passenger Motor Vehicles (PMV) Prices Issued by Car Dealers as of 20th August 2026 (PDF).

The PMV list is Brunei's official quarterly car price list. The August 2026 edition covers 39 brands and 386 model and trim lines, with a Showroom Price (SRP) and an On-The-Road Price (OTR) for each. Each figure is a ceiling: the most that model and trim should cost, set high enough to cover the car with nearly every available option, and the upper limit banks use when financing it. That is why showroom prices almost always sit below it. The list is a useful reference and a rare piece of price transparency, but it is not a substitute for checking what a car actually costs. Here is what it is, why its prices are higher, and how to read it.

Four times a year, the government publishes the prices that car dealers themselves have submitted for the passenger vehicles they sell. Each line carries the brand, the dealer, a model and trim description, an SRP and an OTR figure. The current edition is dated 20th August 2026 and runs to 13 pages.

Credit where it is due: very few governments anywhere publish a consolidated, dealer-by-dealer new car price list at all, let alone quarterly and free to download. For a market as small as Brunei, that is a real service: a single official document naming every dealer and setting a price ceiling against every car it covers.

Each PMV figure is the ceiling price for that model and trim, set so that even a buyer who adds almost every available option, such as a premium paint colour and the other upgrades the dealer offers on that car, does not go above it. Banks then use that figure as the upper limit when issuing a car loan against that model or trim.

So the gap between the PMV list and the showroom is by design, not a sign that the list is wrong or out of date. A standard car with no extra options, sold at the dealer's current price, will usually cost well below its PMV figure. Across 28 models and trims we could match one to one against prices dealers quoted us in August 2026, the dealer's price sat on average around B$12,000 below the PMV OTR.

All dealer prices above were quoted to us by the respective authorised dealers in August 2026. Dealer prices change, so treat the differences as illustrative of the pattern, not as today's quote.

How much room a dealer leaves under its ceiling varies by brand. Toyota's PMV figures matched what NBT quoted us to the dollar on several models, including the Wigo at B$23,926 and the Camry Hybrid at B$68,839, while the Kia Tasman above sells nearly B$30,000 below its figure. The list on its own cannot tell you which situation you are looking at, which is why it should never stand in for a dealer quote.

The list carries what dealers submitted for that quarter, and the market moves faster than a quarterly cycle. In the August 2026 edition, five brands still appear that dealers have confirmed to us are no longer offered new in Brunei: DFSK, Peugeot, Daihatsu, Changan and Jaguar. Jeep also appears, and its dealer has told us only leftover stock remains. At the same time, at least eight brands now selling new cars in Brunei do not appear at all, including Deepal, Avatr, Jetour and Denza, and the GWM family badges Tank, Ora, Wey and Poer (the list shows GWM's Haval models only).

A 13-page manually compiled PDF is going to carry the odd slip, and this edition has a few worth knowing about so you do not take them at face value: a Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 with a showroom price printed as B$1,192,765 against an OTR of B$122,572, a Range Rover Evoque with an SRP of B$753,230 against an OTR of B$76,800, and a Proton Persona whose OTR is printed below its SRP. These are clearly typesetting errors rather than real prices, and they are easy to make in a document this size.

1. Treat the OTR as the ceiling for that trim. It is the most that car should cost, even with nearly every option added. If a dealer quotes you above the PMV figure for the same trim, ask why.

2. Do not use it to compare prices between cars. Each dealer sets its own headroom under the ceiling, so two cars that sit close together on the list can be far apart in the showroom.

3. Use it when planning a car loan. Banks use the PMV figure as the upper limit for financing that model or trim, so it tells you the most a loan can be raised against, not what the car will cost.

4. Check the edition date and confirm the car is still sold. The date is in the title of the PDF. Presence on the list does not mean a brand or trim is still being brought in, so confirm the lineup with the dealer.

5. Get the dealer's current written quote. That is the number you actually pay, and the one to negotiate from.

The PMV list sets the ceiling. What Brunei's buyers also need is the price underneath it: the one dealers are actually quoting in the showroom this month, with the same market-wide coverage. That is what we built. When our catalog goes live you will be able to check any of the 41 brands and 400+ models and trims against a price a dealer stated, with the month it was confirmed.