[quote=Borat]Just sold a 95 ford ranger with 140K miles. We had only a couple of minor problems in 14 years of ownership. In 2007 it had a sensor problem that was hard for the shop to fix, but once they did we were golden. Great truck, sad to see it go but we didn’t have room for it.

I had a 94 VW, now that thing was a piece. It ran okay but it had so many trim and fit&finish problems it was ridiculous.[/quote]

Well, here’s the deal.

You want reliability, get something Korean/Japanese.

You want something fun to drive, get something european.

And that is where the problem is. Where do american cars stand? I’m not calling everything “crap”. But a good deal of the cars are “crap” at least from the appeal perspective. Name one car from Chrysler (save Viper) that you would pay money to drive??? I can’t think of one.
Even the latest minivans (which this company invented) is less appealing imho than any of the foreign labels. Ever ride in a sebring? I can’t get over the poor workmanship and shoddy material and it’s not that much cheaper than your foreign import.