well, a real "snobby" person here would not buy an american car ever - although it's half "german", but only few people know that - because only a car like mercedes benz or porsche (or BMW, maybe audi) would come in their mind. us-car drivers here are regarded as little "freaks" who like to show that they a bit different. only about 2% of all cars running on our streets are detroit iron, because they always had and still have a bad reputation, which - in many cases - is not fair, I think. there are and were also many european car - makers that produced crap right in the factory-plants. a 10-15 year old fiat, seat, skoda or citroen is absolute rubbish compared to any us car of that time. if you like to make other people jealous because of you car, buy an expensive german one. if you own the biggest mercedes, you will be a right snob and your neighbors will hate you. but that`s the boring way to do for me. the crossfire is not a good seller over here, although it offers a lot for the price (new ones are sold for 23-27,000 Euros), not to mention the extraordinary design! but the benz SLK, bmw Z4, nissan 350Z, mazda mx-5 and porsche boxter are highly regarded competitors that sell much better. the crossie is the less "snobbish"-one of all these, because only few think that us cars are often the better ones. they simply do not have a good "image". think of the corvette Z-06. it`s data can be compared to even the super-sports cars (like some ferrari or porsche), but this hot chevy would never been regarded as "snobby" here, because of the reasons mentioned. sure, the price has to do with it, too.

jens