>>>>>I think the Japanese do them all better - but the U.S. car industry doesn't have anything to compete with the smaller cars so they don't lose sales there......
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>>>>We still make the Corvette. The Japanese sure don't do that better. (And neither does anyone else in remotely the same price class).
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>>>Sorry, but in my opinion the Corvette ain't that much to brag about. Lots of cars can go fast in a straight line.
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>>US sports cars are built for your market. Cheap petrol and no corners. No offense, they are still iconic.
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>None taken - back in the day, I used to race Pontiac Trans Ams with a car club. Anytime we were planning an AutoCross and we knew the Corvette club was coming, we'd put in a lot of tight corners and at least one slalom in the track. 'Vettes couldn't handle them and we'd be chasing orange pylons all over creation after one when through the course

I love the sound of those big US engines. I'm a bike lover and when I was young I could never see the point of those big Harleys. Now I look at them and think "well Yes "