Comment by Cthulhu_

It does sound like driving is only for the rich, but then, Singapore is too densely populated for cars to be a realistic large scale transport thing.

I think older cars are becoming rare in other places as well, here in the Netherlands only hobbyists keep older (>20 years) cars around because maintenance gets more and more expensive, mechanics / work hours are easily something like €75 an hour. But also, a huge amount of used cars are exported towards eastern Europe.