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Hence why my only cars from here on out are Japanese or European. Some cars may have its shortcomings, but many American cars still can't hold a candle to them, especially ones in recent years... My first car was a 91 Buick Century, but despite it being a grandpa's car that my ghetto parents shoved me into, that thing was built like a tank and reliability was hardly an issue. Fast forward to current times when I sat in a Cadillac, which was once the standard of luxury in the 60s and even used as a metaphor for quality (e.g. people used to say "this computer is the Cadillac of all computers!"), but now it's total garbage; it only had 2,000 miles and everything squeaked and the interior was oversimplified and cheap, including the sharp edges inside the cup holder. Now after reading that article, I went from "OK, I'll probably put a Chevy in my garage if it behooves me" to probably never having an American car ever again; my late dad's guzzling Dodge Dakota was the only exception I made, and even then I traded that thing with 13/17MPG with no backing performance in as soon as humanly possible. Everything Ford is stuck in the early 2000s (even my E90 had more advanced features than some things in a Lincoln), and I'm still waiting for Mopar to prove its worth.