The way most Americans buy a car is completely moronic and senseless. "An American car with a V6" is often the only essential criteria. This is why so many GM cars have the same crappy 200HP V6 for the past 10 years. It's exactly what the american public thinks it wants. An inefficient V6.

Forget about handling. On long expanses of flat, straight highway, it's not needed.

Lots of old people buy a Cadillac before they die because it's what they've been saving their whole life to get. They're buying a lifestyle, not a good car.

Men put their wives and kids in SUVs because they think it's like a tank and will keep them safe. Most people I come across with an SUV don't even know how to properly put it into 4wd. That just shows you they're not using them for their utility. It's just a people-hauler for their overgrown family.

Maybe I shouldn't talk. I'm back to driving an SUV everyday and I'm the only one in it. At least it was built in Japan though and gasoline is back down to $2/gallon.