[LarThaL]

A little lesson in automotive performance history:

In the 1950's through 1970's, American cars dominated over the Japanese and Europeans in terms of performance. Then came the 1980's with European cars starting to take the lead. Japan was mostly about economy cars. American performance was dead. In the 1990's the came the Japanese supercars...Nissan 300ZX, Mazda RX-7, Mitsubishi 3000GT, Toyota Supra. Then, from 2000 onwards, the Europeans were on a never-ending power binge like nobody else. Sure there was the Vette and Viper, but overall, the Europeans dominated. Now America is back in the game. The real kicker, however, is that for years, in order to get premium performance, you had to pay premium Euro prices. Now you can get American speed much more cheaply, which has always been what muscle cars are about.

It is all good for the counsumer. If the Europeans want to keep their edge, they will have to offer more bang for the buck than they currently do.