I think IMHO that American cars used to be great until about 1974....when
the Eldorado went bye bye and the K-cars and pintos came in.......

But if you have to pull a decent size trailer or boat.....,.the only way to
go is a 8.1L V-8 or V-10.....the new diesels are amazing, although still a
little noisy and stinky........

I don't think anybody out there could haul the kind of payloads that the HD
class and F-350's and 450's are capable of:

I have German, Japanese vehicles.........and love them....though I don"t
like to think of all of the horrors these cultures
perpetrated on civilization in the past 80 years.......today their
engineering is very good........look how far the Japanese have come ....from
the Corona to the Supra............

American vehicles could be made better......we just need more competition to
force  us to make a better product

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Malibu Tony 85' Westy  3.3L SVx
                   78' 911SC Targa
                   97 Toyota T100 4WD xtracab.....llove this thing......TRD
super charger soon
                   97' Montero Sport
                   94 SVX........

Notice no American Cars.........but If I had a boat or a trailer of
size....you betcha I'd have a Real Truck!