Well, I'm sorry but I disagree...:redface: I live a little further north than you and we also get large amounts of snow and that hasd never stopped me of buying american vehicles. At 58, I've always bought american vehicles can safely say that I'll always will. :wink: You know as well as me that cars are a "religion" in North America, and I think that it's not the Japanese, Koreans, or much less Europeans that'll teach us how to build a cars. Maybe it's true that US auto makers "missed the boat" for a while, but they're now making up for the bad years and build much better cars than before. As for their
appearance well, that's a matter of personal taste. I, for one am not thrilled by the new models that are coming out at the moment, but that changes every 6-7 years, so luckily for me, my '06 Ford everyday driver is still in excellent shape and I'll be good for a while and can "pass" on these ugly look-a-likes Hyundai Sonata, Lexus (don't know the model's name), Wolkswagen Passat, Mazda 6, and the new ugly Buick that some of you seem to like.
As for an AWD, turbo Subary Legacy, well first I don't like the way it looks, and frankly, is it really necessary to have a turbo on a daily driver that's going to be driven all year 'round, especially in the winter? I don't think so....
The thing that matters the most especially in the winter time, is to simply to get from point "A" to point "B". I like to have a "simple", reliable and inexpensive-to-repair car as an everyday driver (like the new Ford Taurus...). When spring comes back, fun comes back with it also when I take out my GN!
Also I don't know why, but these Subaru's have a tendency to be attacked by rust much quicker than other cars...so no thanks, but not for me. Like I said above, I've always had american cars, always will and
never will own an import.
I hope I didn't offend anyone, but that's my opinion...
Claude. :smile: