With All The Great American Cars Coming Out, WHY Do The UK Car Magazines Have So Much HATE For Us?

While I love reading the UK motoring titles, why do they continue to give American cars no respect?

In the case of Car, which I still hold up as the Gold Standard of what a mainstream car magazine can be, their Supercars A-Z feature is almost devoid of any mention of American cars, and when they are mentioned, as in the case of the Corvette Z06, it is almost grudgingly as this quote clearly illustrates. "Welcome to the 200mph bargain basement. Three years before the launch of the 628bhp ZR1, Team Corvette introduced the cheaper 512bhp Z06, with an identical maximum top speed: 200mph. Although plastic is the material of choice inside and out, this is no flimsy wannabe racer with suspicious aerodynamics, pretentious brakes and a haunted chassis engineer by Dr. Fu-Man-Chu. No, it has a well-balanced transaxle layout. And grip, lots of grip."

My point, would they ever talk that way of a Porsche 911 costing twice as much and not able to match its top speed or its ultimate grip? Hardly. And while we can all carp about the quality of its interior fitments, with mid-2000 Z06 low mileage Corvettes selling for $50,000 or less, it remains the ultimate performance car bargain of all time. And I'm not just saying that as the editor of Chevy Enthusiast. I'm saying that as a red-blooded American car enthusiast. That's a sizable distinction.

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