I liked the Trucks too for 20 grand its a whole lot of car compaired to what we would pay for the equivalent over here in UK.
I think judging by the last couple of corvettes to id say america are definitley making better handling cars because it was never a question of can you guys make a engine.
We can make any engine except a decent small turbo-diesel... That apparently is beyond the reach of us simple colonials. I drove a beautiful little car in Denmark about 10 yrs ago... can't remember what brand, maybe a saab, but it was a small wagon sort of like a Subaru. It had a tiny little turbo diesel maybe 1.8l, but had the torque of a 3.0 V6 and revved happily enough to haul the car around with plenty of pep, all at about 55-60 mpg. For a daily around town driver and moderately long trip cruiser, that car and engine combination is still vastly superior to anything American made today. Ford has made a lot of progress with their ecoboost motors but a competent tiny little turbo diesel similar to ones available in Europe 10 yrs ago (matched with some decent diesel fuel) would change the game completely in the US for small vehicles. My job right now has a long commute, and a lot of my co-workers drive various types of VW diesels. They spend about half for fuel what most people in similarly capable gasoline cars pay, over the same drive. As a simple example, even a big Taurus with a 2 liter turbodiesel instead of an ecoboost motor would get an additional 10-20 mpg and feel more powerful around town due to the low end torque from the diesel.
