Hi everyone: I've been lurking for a few weeks, and as a new Crossfire owner I thought it's time to register. During the past few weeks this forum has been very informative and helpful. Hey! It helped my wife and I decide on the purchase of our Crossfire. (One of those marked down '06 Base Coupes).

We are probably unique as Crossfire owners go, being that we are closer to 70 than 60. Still being the owners of a black '55 T-Bird, and myself having owned four shiny new red Corvettes back in the 60's, we decided it was time for yet another sports car. What the heck, we can't ride the Harley all the time, and we may sell the Bird. Our 6 spd manual F250 diesel SC fills the bill as a sedan, and pulls the trailers, hauls the feed, etc down here on the farm.

We sure like the Crossfire so far, and can't wait till our lane dries up after winter, so we can get out to the hard road.

Well now that you all know what I'm about, I've got a question. Here goes. Why is the first number of the Vin a #1 denoting US manufacture, rather than W denoting German manufacture?