Why, why, why oh why?

Originally posted by juvenile
Why does Canada make all their cars so much slower than in US

I just learned that in US the Si is 160hp. Here it's 127. (Like the EX for you, which is 110hp for us)
There are other cars too!
Why is it like this?

And if I would like to import a car from US how much more would it cost me? Do cars tend to cost more in US than in Canada? And what would the boarder taxes cost me?

Why do Americans make their cars slower than Japan? Why do Americans not want to have Japan's REALLY awesome cars over here?? Why do we not have the FTO, Silvia, GTR, Supra (since they still make in Japan).