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Originally Posted by crayzayjay
I'm sorry, i dont buy that. #1, you underestimate how many cars are sold and driven throughout Europe. The population of the EU is almost 400m, thats more than the US. That doesnt necessarily mean more cars, in fact probably not, but its still a very sizeable market.
And #2, look at japanese companies, they sell staggering amounts of cars all over the world and the quality of their cars (generally speaking) is none the worse for it. It's quite the opposite. With economies of scale you make more cost savings which should be at least be partly invested into your product. I do appreciate that cars are cheap in the US but a lot of these cheap cars are cheap for a reason. I guess there are certain issues troubling US auto comps, such as health care and what have you, but still, a sub-standard product is a sub-standard product.
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For one the european economy is a collection of many different economies summed into 1 'big economy'. Although europe's population may be greater than the us, like you said, their are probably still less cars in europe being driven than in the us. And the amount of cars being produced in us vs. europe is more than likely far greater than in europe. I'm sure you wouldn't disagree that its tougher to maintain quality when your producing more vehicles.
I don't see how the US auto industries cars are 'sub-standard'. Considering that every vehicle produced here has to go through a series of state and federal regulations, and meet specific 'standards' before they can even be certified. I'm sure that the standards in the US are equal, if not better, than the standards in just about every other country. And if this was the case, I could impose that european cars are 'sub-standard' to american cars. Do you see how silly that sounds?
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Originally Posted by crayzayjay
And long may there be choice. I simply dont consider many of these american "sports cars" sports cars, if you see what i mean. But hey, if i lived in the US and couldnt stump up 50k, then id be glad to have the american alternatives available. But i wouldnt call them comparable. The emphasis on power i like, but I'd certainly be aware of their shortcomings.
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Their are some european 'sports cars' that I would refer to as 'sports sedans'.
I'm not sure what you exactly mean by the term shortcomings, but i'm guessing it may be enfluenced by the reliability and maintence involved in large displacment engines... Which car would require more maintence and reliability, a Z06, or a espirit twin turbo? I know which one I would rather have if somthing were to go wrong.