I wonder when we'll ever grow up past these "pony" cars? Two wars, a recession/depression, global warming, extinctions, oil spills, and still the adolescents continue their search for eternal youth through acceleration adrenaline. Can I interest you in a Yaris?

Short answer, No.

Longer answer, the Yaris is not remotely aspirational for anybody with imagination and a pulse. It's just a bean counter car, no more.

The Challenger on the other hand (and "Pony Cars" in general) offer "The Dream of Freedom", its always nice to dream..

This is the difference between the journey and the destination.

Obviously, the destination is the only thing that matters to you. How you get there is just an annoyance.

Incidentally, when you get to your first history class you will be interested to know that there have been more than two wars in humanity's past. If you read deep enough you will probably find that for all of the people that started those wars the destination was the only thing of importance to them, too.

Lighten up and enjoy the ride.

Can I interest you in a Renault Fuego?

If you support a product because of its origin then the manufacture no longer competes for your money by selling you value.

In other words, if the only merit that drives a buyer is country of origin, then quality of that product will suffer.

If I sell a widget and buyers want my widget because it is USA manufactured, then it doesn't matter if my foreign competition has a better product, I still win the sale. So, I will invest less in the quality of my product so as to maximize my profit. I will keep downsizing the quality (and my cost) until customers start walking away, then I will raise it a little.

On the other hand, if I have to compete on a level playing field with other manufactures for your dollars, I will offer you a better product in some way (i.e., cost or features or durability) to keep my market share as high as I can. My competition will try to do the same and all manufactures will always be on a continuous improvement cycle trying to out perform the others. The customer wins by getting a better product.

In the real world countries try to play unfair. One method is to devalue their own currency so that foreign buyers get more for their money than they do at home. China is doing this in a big way. China, and other countries will also short change environmental standards and safety to give you a better price, but the buyer can discriminate based on quality or safety. In other words, the buyer pays for as much quality or safety as they want.

However, when a country offers a high quality and high safety item at an artificially low price, the buyer tends to buy foreign because it is in their best interest. Artificially devaluing your currency is an unfair trade practice, but that is the way it works.

When things too out of balance trade wars break out. This can lead to a real war and one of our World Wars started just that way.

The bottom line is, the actual problem is a political one and buying a product only because of its origin of manufacture hurts the buyers in the end with an inferior product at a higher cost. A better tact is to respond at the voting booth and make sure you select candidates that support your position.

Selecting a good candidate takes some research time and effort, so you will need to sacrifice some TV couch time, but on the flip side you won't have to listen to those abnormally loud commercials.

We the People of the United States stopped making "American" cars 30 yrs. ago.

So, unless you are buying a used car built prior to that time it is not possible to get an "american made" one...only, one "built in america".

Many "foriegn" cars are built right here in the good ol' USA and are mostly (meaning greater than 50% by US law) of US made parts.

Even my 1974 Ford Econoline had "imported" parts in it.

...I'd be interested in the PLYMOUTH-version.

...oh, Daimler "killed" that marque-nameplate didn't they?!?!?

They took our Jaaaabs!

I have to admit.... I was a '69 Camaro owner back in the day and Camaro-Chevy enthusiast, but Mopar got the styling on the Challenger dead-on; better than either Camaro or Mustang. I'm a V8 guy, but if I were looking for a V6 daily driver, I'd have to pick the Challenger. Rayzer

As much as I want one, wife would make me get rid of one of my other "toys" first. I'll have to stay with my 67 R/T, 440 powered, and my 69 Roadrunner, soon to have a 600HP 500", gas mileage? I expect about 6-8 city/maybe 11-12 highway. Not a daily driver but lots of fun for the weekends.