What I am really interested in is handling, driving experience, affordability (around the $15,000 price range or less). I would like a newer vehicle if not new. This will be the first new or near new vehicle I've ever purchased. I have read ALOT about how the newer Golf / Rabbit's are created with the driver in mind, the great gas mileage, the fun factor of driving them, the quietness of the ride and the superb handling. These, along with the styling, are the main reasons I'm interested in this type of car. But, I want to buy American (please no Japanese suggestions)! I want a small to mid-size with a sturdy safe feel, good on gas, and basically similar to the Golf or new Rabbit, but American? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!!!
2006-09-07 07:46:30 · 5 answers · asked by Michael 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
What I am really interested in is handling, driving experience, affordability (around the $15,000 price range or less). I have read ALOT about how the newer Golf / Rabbit's are created with the driver in mind, the great gas mileage, the fun factor of driving them, the quietness of the ride and the superb handling. These, along with the styling, are the main reasons I'm interested in this type of car. But, I want to buy American (please no Japanese suggestions)! I want a small to mid-size with a sturdy safe feel, good on gas, and basically similar to the Golf or new Rabbit, but American?
To Thomas - An American faceplate, as you put it! That's what I want. If you buy Japanese, you are un-American in my opinion. So many parts of American cars are made overseas, so what? I want my money going to an American company, as they employ over 10x that of your Japanese companies in America. I'm not for handing my economy over to another country, even if our lawmakers and you are!
2006-09-07 07:57:44 · update #1
Don't worry, I know there are no "truely all American cars anymore". No need for explaining. I still will not buy Japanese, even if it's more "American" than an American faceplate car.
2006-09-07 07:59:05 · update #2
we americans cannot make good cars!!! you should get forien I am sorry to say
2006-09-07 07:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by ekleinert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about an American car made in Mexico? The Ford Focus. Or an American car made in Brazil? The Chevrolet Cobalt. Both are a joke when compared alongside of a Rabbit or Civic, but that is what you have to choose from.
2006-09-07 07:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you want a car with an American nameplate built in a foreign country with foreign suppliers and workers or a foreign car built here in the US with American labor and American parts? Let's clarify what you mean by saying you want American.
Also, why limit yourself to a group of cars that may not be comparable?
2006-09-07 07:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by Stumpy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeep Compass (yet it's German if you cand handle that truth), Chevy HHR, Ford Focus.
2006-09-07 07:50:02 · answer #4 · answered by Duque de Alba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
focus. (not sure it's entirely american made, though. ha!)
2006-09-07 07:52:58 · answer #5 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋