America as a whole IS NOT READY for a quality performance vehicle…

Yep, thats right I said it.   America does not want a quality built, performance vehicle, for an affordable price.   You may say, but Mr. Webmaster having such a car for a good price would be the frosting on the cake.  Well, I would ask why you did not buy one when it was available?

So, lets see.   The number one complaint about vehicles built in the US would be reliability.    So, lets look at the history of the GM GEN-IV and GEN-V engines.  Introduced in 1997 (12 years ago), used in many Corvettes, Trucks, Hummers, and various GM performance cars.   This engine is built to haul, tow, and take abuse and STILL keep on running.  There are reports that this engine is hand assembled by god himself and that the internals are lubricated with angel sperm - it is THAT good.

Well, now that we have identified our reliable drive train as a GM product, the next obvious complaint is going to be that GM cars have a “plastic” interior with lots of squeaks and rattles.   Typically yes this is true.  However, lets look at the Pontiac G8, alternately known as the Holden Commodore.    First off, you can not deny this is the best interior EVER put into ANY GM vehicle, and if you do you are a jackass.    Second, this is not a US built car, it is a AU built car by Holden, and the build quality of Holden’s vehicles of late is comparable with BMW’s M and Mercedes AMG line.  No squeaks, No rattles, the best cockpit and seats ever put into a sedan in the US - so what is the holdup?

Price, it must be the price.   I mean the GT is roughly $28,000 and the GXP is roughly $36,000?   You are basically paying half price for a BMW 5 Series.   You lazy asses love cheap stuff so here is your Champaign with a beer price tag.

Maybe its the horsepower numbers that you don’t like, 361HP isn’t enough for you?   Well as usual don’t always believe what you hear because that number is underrated with real horsepower measurements putting it closer to 380 HP and able to get to 420 HP with VERY few tweaks.

So I guess all in all America did not want a good quality built, high performing, decently priced family sedan - they just wanted to bitch about not having one.   The G8 is no longer being produced, meanwhile the US built 2010 Camaro which underneath all the sheet metal is the same car as a G8, with its addition of the squeaky interior and an additional $10,000 on the price tag is outselling every performance car in the country!  WTF?