The reason I have a 97 F 150, a 2002 Escape, and now a 06 GT Mustang is because of my 1970 Mach 1. "Dance with what you brung". The foriegn econo boxes never have , nor ever will have soul. There's people who want transportation, and then there's people who want to be transported. The long shiny black two door station wagon that takes you on your final ride to the graveyard gets about 8 miles to the gallon. So live it up while your here. There's a reason they make speedometers that have 140 mph on their display.