[onewhippedpuppy]

I've tried to like American cars, I really have. My wife's Cadillac SRX was a wonderful car to drive, and the material quality and assembly was very good. But it started having a variety of little problems, something I just won't tolerate from a car with 60k on it that my wife drives. We started looking at other SUVs, the build quality on the domestics was blatantly inferior to the imports we drove. Looked at minivans it was the same issue. We ended up buying a Mazda MPV and have been very happy with it. In regards to the domestics, we always found ourselves asking why anyone would buy one.

Worth noting, I made a concerted effort to keep my mouth shut during our initial test drives, because the car was for my wife and I didn't want to taint her feelings. The issues were blatant enough the she typically noticed them immediately. Hard plastics, controls with a cheap tactile feel, and cheap fabrics are things that anyone can notice. Of the cars we test drove, there wasn't one domestic she enjoyed driving, especially compared to the imports. The domestics are certainly improving, but they have problems other than just consumer perception.

Depending on their reliability in a few years, I will seriously consider a G8 GTP.