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i have to disagree on the comment about domestics being up to par in terms of quality.
I lean this more towards interior quality. I have friends with recent fords (05-06) where the interior is just falling apart. One girls focus has to stuff paper inbetween the window and lining to keep her window from falling into the door. Her car makes a sound as if she has an aftermarket exhaust, yet the car is completely stock.
I sat in almost every single domestic during last years auto show. I sat in the dodge caliber, charger, various trucks and SUVs, almost every model from Ford and GM,
For the Dodges, the design was uninspiring, the quality of the parts HIGHLY lacks(monotonous grey plastic with cheap texture)
Ford just felt cheap, all the textures and the way the sounded just felt cheap. This even extends to the luxury models from Lincoln...
Out of the 3, ithink GM is really the one that is raising the bar...
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I have to re-disagree, and I stress that I am not posting with any animosity towards your opinion, which you are entitled to, and that my post is just my opinion, that's all...
The cheapest feeling car I've ever sat in was a Dodge Caliber, however a close second is the toyota camry. Does that mean the Caliber and Camry are crap? No. Clearly the Camry is a good car, and while I would never own a caliber personally, it didnt give me the impression it was going to break down, and it drove well enough.
My wife and I own 4 cars; a jeep, a ford truck, a corvette, and a porsche, and the jeep and corvette are MUCH nicer inside than the porsche. Not to mention they are tenfold more reliable, far cheaper to repair, and were a far better value when new. Even if your thing is molesting dashboards, the new stuff, particularly GM, is equal to or better than the imaginary japanese stalwarts of quality (though you can't deny the beauty and wonder of a honda engine revving to the sky and back!). And speaking of stuffing things in cracks to prevent problems, our boxster rattles incessantly (side airbag module is always coming loose) and a friend with a 2005 M3 has cardboard stuck in the back deck between the rear window gap to eliminate the incessant rattling. So should we say all BMW M3s are poor quality? NO! They are a great car (if a little overpriced in my opinion) Did you know the Mazda 3 shares its chassis (and was developed in conjunction) with Ford and Volvo? The bottom line is that one type of car is not always better than another. There is no blanket statement that applies like "american cars are bad". The Hyundai example is a great one. One poster mentioned terrible resale value - why is this? Because so many people THINK Hyundais are crap, based on something that was true YEARS ago.
Lastly, and this coming from someone who still has half of his family back in England, Jeremy Clarkson is blatantly anti-american, and a self-contradicting, blowhard moron. (He is also HILARIOUS, and I love the show) Using his opinions on cars for any reality-based comparison should not be allowed!
