Gnu, I wouldn't sue you, or disparage you, for buying American. Our Toyota wss at least assembled by American labor, while a number of the American-badged cars are actually imports for which American execs are getting their groteque share of the sticker price.

We chose the Camry under odd circumstances. Some relatives on the wife's side had a bit of a windfall, and sent us a check to buy "the safest possible car". I knew they were really thinking Volvo. But we have no Volvo service at all convenient here, I was wary of the potential maintenance costs for Volvos, and Volvos are so rare here that I couldn't locate anything affordable except a used wagon, which my wife didn't really want. The "donars" settled for our getting a Camry without complaint. After their own Volvo became a "money pit", they bought a Toyota.