Bruno-

I have to agree with you about the big three US car makers for the most part. IMO, all of GM is crap. Worse, not only is Ford crap, but they're turning Jaguar into crap (sure the jag's mechanical quality always sucked, but at least they used to have beautiful interiors...sigh). I would seperate Chrysler/Dodge from Ford and GM - I like the Viper, Prowler, PT Cruiser and 300M (though their build quality is also pretty poor)..

I wouldn't buy an American car, except for the sweet, sweet GT40...hmmmm. I bought a used 97' Audi A4 a year and half ago, and it has blown me away. The car runs like new. More amazingly, the interior looks perfect without me having made any special effort to take care of it. That's what I love about German cars - not only do they run beautifully, but the interiors don't fall a part like almost every other make of car seems to.