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But... we are capable of doing better.

We could make a car here in the U.S. that could leave the Germans and the Italians all hot and sweaty. OK... Italians are like that anyway... but the principle sticks.

The Shelby Cobra was perhaps the finest full-boat sports car ever made by anybody. We can do it, and we should. We need to make a no-compromise fastmover, with a little class.

I agree with you on that. I would like to work on something like that. I could quit my job and go to work on a project like that in a heartbeat! :-)

I get tired of hearing people talk about how American cars are second rate though. Now, the dependability is not second rate. Yeah, there were several years when we fell behind but no longer. We build good solid stuff. Okay, you do get what you pay for if you go for the cheapest thing offered. That goes for imports too. But, we still do great quality work.

In 1990 I bought one of those Daytona Shelbys. I took a lot of flack for buying that from my dad and brothers. They kept telling me that I was stupid to buy American at that point. I drove the hell outta that car. Speedometer went to 140 and I could bury it on straight stretches of highway. It had a lot of top end power and I used it. It was also turbocharged and I could smoke just about anybody from a dead stop. Folks kept telling me I'd have trouble with that Dodge turbo but I never did. When I finally traded that car in for this pickup it had over 300K miles on it and was still running strong. I'd just torn up the front end and suspension from the way I drove it. Wasn't worth what it would have cost me to get those repairs done. However, there was not a thing wrong with the motor, tranny or drive train.

I regret trading that car in and deciding to go for practicality with this pickup now. But, heck, I'm shopping for something new now. I may come up with something I like just as much.