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Originally Posted by DarkneSS
Now, I'm going to try and be real objective here, which will be difficult but uh, whatever!
As I was driving my LT the other day, I was pondering how amazing these cars are as a complete package. To the point where, when you factor in the long list of positive attributes about the 5th gen, one has a decent case that these cars may be some of the best ever made, if not THE best.
So I pose a question, name me a car that satisfies all these requirements:
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It isn't possible without assigning some sort of weighting to each of those categories and then getting everybody to agree on all those relative values. They aren't pass-fail in nature.
At age 22, the background for your preferences is considerably different from mine. I'm under the impression that you absolutely expect an outward appearance to impress, high-tech features, and a priority on safety. For those last two, that's at least partly because that's the direction cars have been generally moving for your whole life, so you likely don't know any different.
My perspective is quite a bit different from yours, and I'd weight things differently. Much differently in the cases of "features" (I'd rather just drive) and "safety" (I've managed quite well, including several years' time in cars that had one or more serious safety issues). When I was 22, such things either didn't exist at all, or if they did in infantile form they didn't really register. Today, having "before" and "after" experience I've got a better idea of what's important to me as a driver than if I'd never seen the "before" side personally.
The best car for you at any point in your life may be the one that you go into buying with full confidence that you'll still be happy enough with it 5 years later to still enjoy and truly want to keep.
As to your list of criteria specifically and sticking to U.S. domestics, I would think that the current Mustangs and Challengers actually rank pretty close on most points.
If you value a truly unique driving experience above all else, try a Caterham 7 with the 190-ish HP option.
Norm