But I am restless...hehehe.

See man, I am not dissing out Am-Cars, like I mentioned in my previous post, vettes, stangs, camaros, etc. I want to own one one of these days. These are great cars and they can beat Jap cars just as Jap cars can beat them. And I love the growl of those big blocks, shredding there tires during car shows and meets. I'm considering buying one when the situation permits me. I did not malign pushrods as to saying they are not approp for the vettes, its the designer's choice. My point is, performance is just not based on the upper bracket cars, it also on te middle and lower markets. And market share usually are indications of a company's products' performance. And where ar the US cars in the international market? I rely more on publication reviews because these guys are given by the manufacturers themselves a car to test. They have test driven countless cars in a scientific, methodical way and thus have something to benchmark it with. Now ain' t that more reliable? You probably have seen already how Jeremy Clarkson have maligned the American designed cars in one of there shows. Some may agree, some may not. It's a matter of taste and preference, I prefer balance over brawn.