If you think car ownership in the United States is getting expensive, pause and think about Singapore. According to Reuters, Singapore is the most expensive place in the world to buy a car. For context, a 2026 Honda Civic LX costs $25,890, including destination and handling fees in the U.S. In contrast, a brand-new non-hybrid Honda Civic in Singapore costs $165,626 (SGD 211,899), as of this writing. So in all fairness, you need to be pretty well-off to own a Honda Civic in Singapore, because that car costs considerably more than the country's median annual household income, which sits at $116,737 (SGD 149,352).