USA Woodie

[Erich]

Well, as an American on this thread, I am not in the least offended. I think its atrocious. But then, I am reminded that a Bantam was the inspiration for Mickey Mouse's car in the cartoons. American automotive styling is much like the American meals referenced here. When its good enough, you add more. A single cheese burger is nothing anymore. "do you want to supersize that" is the common question. Soft drinks at the burger joints are never small, medium or large At best, they are medium, large and extra large, where the medium is as big as a large was when I was growing up. Anything small is considered, "cheap" or "crap". The bonnet badge on a DB5 is a good example. In America, the entire bonnet would proclaim, "Aston Martin" in huge letters, with wheel arch extensions, etc. The difference between understated elegance and brash, cartoonish, advertising. America, the land of big meals, big cars, and big people.

All this said, I am surprised at the the number of American cars seen at UK auto shows. Wannabe Americans?

Erich in Mukilteo