That's not true, in the slightest. He's a huge fan of hot hatches and has professed to enjoying the GTI on several occassions. He LOVES his volvo XC90 and talks about it fondly on several occassions. I recently saw an older episode where he quite liked the Vauxhall something or other VXR--whichever version was the Holden Monaro with the LS series GM v8---and that was over a jag S type R. I get the sneaking suspicion you don't watch or read Top Gear all that often. Not that there's anything wrong with that. He likes cars that have a certain feel and design to them. I recall that he even owned an SLK at one point. So he likes the cars. But the crossfire wasn't all that compelling to him. Why is that a problem? If the crossfire wasn't as cheap as it was for me to buy, it wouldn't be that compelling for me to own either.

My car stickered for $37,xxx USD brand new. There are any number of cars, new or used, in the price range that drive better than the crossfire and offer better performance. If my car didn't cost under $25k USD, I never would have bought it, despite how nice it looks. As nice as the crossfire is, it frankly should have been better. And it wouldn't have taken a heck of a lot to improve it, truth be told. And for that, I blame M-B.