My brother and I were watching an episode of Top Gear this afternoon, and we were discussing why Singapore never had a Holden VXR.

Yes, despite it being a V8 5.6L engine, it still one of the cheapest around, with a supercharger at less than S$70,000. If you had seen one of Top Gear Australia (they feature Holdens all the bloody time), the supercharger’s whine is simply orgasmic – on top of the deep bellow of the V8. Closer rivals are the Chysler 300C, and Jaguar… something.

All produce about 340-400 bhp, enough to pull the entire Singapore to Melbourne.

So why isn’t anybody importing the VXR?