ejaymclane said:
Also, how exactly am i ignorant? Americans are renowned for caring little about the way their cars handle, they want a sofa on wheels. Just because a handfull come to this forum and know different doesnt mean that the other 295 million dont.
You have to let go of the 1960s musclecar stereotypes. Many American cars truly do suck, but it is not the 1960s with 427 big blocks with 9 inch ride heights running 5000 pound cars with solid axles and leaf springs. #1, American car companies don't make those kinds of cars anymore (or do they -- SUV?). #2, more and more Americans don't like the cars American companies are producing. American cars have become soulless, amorphous, underpowered front-wheel drive wimpmobiles, unexciting examples of cars made for rental fleets. The best selling cars in the US are the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. The best selling "premium" car is the BMW 3 series. So you're going to tell me what Americans do and don't like? That we don't demand quality interiors and good handling? I'm going to tell you you are wrong and living off of 40 year old stereotypes. Do they demand "couches on wheels"? To a degree, that's why Camry and Accord get bigger, wider, and heavier every generation. Sure, Americans like their suspensions softer than an enthusiast would like. But the jello-sprung land yachts of the 1960s are gone.