[Tilikum Turbo]

"Uh..not so much. The Corvettes ran the Porsches out of town years ago and have themselves been heavily "equalized" by the rules makers over the years. They have been one of the best GT racing teams in history over the last decade+
The Viper success was also well earned and had nothing to do with the 911 being penalized. Give credit where credit is due.
Both American companies produced well run teams with reliable and fast cars. period."

I don't think Porsche was penalized as so much they didn't even show up to the race. Customers campaigning dated cars against full factory efforts were no match for the Vette and the Vipers. The sleeping giant-killer finally woke up, and now has Aston, Ferrari, GM and Chrysler on notice.

I lost any and all "loyalty" to US automobile manufacturers when they pawned off that garbage sold between the 70's and 90's as "automobiles". The only variable that forced their hand was the Japanese, who put quality as a priority first, and then the profits came as a function of that.

The bailout of GM and Chrysler(at which the US taxpayer took a massive hit/loss after the sale of the GM stock was completed) shows they never learned anything beyond short-term vision which didn't go past the next fiscal quarter.

Do I want to buy American..yes, if I were buying a Space Shuttle or F-16.
Automobiles? They burned that bridge with me a long time ago.

A real irony is a Japanese Honda Accord assembled in Ohio has more American sourced parts in it than a Ford F-150. Go figure.