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The CTS is actively saving Cadillac. It is a very good car, on par with BMW, Mercedes and Audi. It is just as fast, handles as well, and has better build quality than at least Mercedes and Audi.

And if that's enough, the CTS-V will hand a C-series AMG its ass, and take care of an M3, if properly driven. And all for, what, $45,000 if you wheel and deal.

Put all this together with high success at the race track with a car that has approaching 60% off-the-shelf factory parts, and one could say, at least within Cadillac, that American cars are just as good.

Their design is nice, to boot. The 2008s look even better.

So the fact is, the American car companies can do. They have good products. You just have to sift through the crap to get to cars like the CTS, the 3000M, the Cobra, or the (gasp!) marked-up $250,000 Ford GT.