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Originally posted by JAH
It has shocked me to see how many of you prefer foreign cars over good ol American cars. You all must be forgetting your Camaros, Mustangs, Corvettes, and other great classics which are still being manufactured today(other than the camaro which production ended last year.)
The trouble with the American car companies is they are so busy making trucks that they have gaping holes in their car offerings. If you want a sporty, but utilitarian rear drive car that will carry items of cargo like RC airplanes, the American companies don't have it. I recently bought a slightly used Lexus IS300 Sport Cross. It is Toyota's competition for the BMW 3 series and Mercedes C class. It has a high tech inline 6 engine, independent rear suspension, and handles like a very good sports car, but has about 6 feet of cargo floor with the back seats folded down. It looks a little funny at the back, but it drives as well as a BMW 330 sedan.

If one ot the "big three" made something like it, I would have considered it, but for now at least, trucks are the high priority items for the American companies.
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