Yeah, of course they do test a Mustang, or an F body every once and a while, but as an example take the latest Car & Driver. They test 6 sports sedans. BMW, Audi, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Volvo, and a Saab.
The cars needed to have around 200 if not more hp, and cost 35k (hopefully) or less. No 300M, no Lincoln LS, no Catera, no American cars in the test period. That is the standard they make. If they were comparing 40k cars no American cars would have made the list.
If they were comparing inexpensive sport coupe type cars it'd look like this. Integra Type R, Mitsubishi Eclipse, BMW 325, Toyota Celica GTS, Subaru 2.5RS, VW Turbo Beetle, and maybe an Audi 2.4 or whatever. The only time they compare any domestic is against other domestics.
I'd like to see them treat American car's like they treat imports. If they did, who knows? Maybe the SHO would still be in the lineup, or the Probe, or any of the other domestic cars they have killed or have slated for retirement.
I've noticed the trend for quite some time actually, but it's getting worse and worse. You really have to read their BS close or you may actually listen to what they say. 9 of 10 times what they say is so clouded by what they want to see that it totally covers the truth.
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