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First, I didn't mean to start WWIII with this thread hahaha. Yes, comparing my Trans Am to a fairly new 3 series is obviously a terrible comparison (and it wasn't really my intention). I unforunately havn't had the opportunity to drive American cars like the CTS, but I'm beginning to understand why people rave about "German cars". I am extremely impressed with the 3 series...
How can I argue against people that claim German engineers are the best in the world, and that also say Americans just can't keep up? I'm in school as a mechanical engineer, and one of my huge motivations is to kill this idea that American automotive engineers just arn't as good. I guess its hard to compare German cars with American....BMW, Mercedes, etc are all high-class luxury cars, while GM/ford/etc produce a wide range of cars. I just feel like every single car German companies put out is top-notch, while some American cars are mediocre at best...I just feel like were always trying to keep up instead of being in the lead. You rarely see a test to see if a German car can keep up with an American one. Instead, the American car always seems to be the underdog compared against the mighty German car (for example - read a magazine article the other day to see if the new 5.0 could keep up with the Porche GT2). It just always seems as if were the underdog.....
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