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I would still say US cars have bad interiors. The lines are just not there. A $20K Jap car has better lines than the twice-the-cost Corvette.



Huh? Japanese cars have never had good interior styles or lines, especially the dashboards. They make them well, BORING. They're just flat and plain. Look at the dash and interior design of a Toyota Camry for example. It has absolutely no style at all. No curves, no tiers, no sweeps, nothing. Just flat and boring. Yeah, its functional and works well, but its just so boring to look at. No style. The dash and interior of my '96 Contour is way better looking than the dash of a 2003 Camry. Granted, some of the interior components could be of higher quality in the Contour, but at least the dash and interior has style to it. Its interesting to look at, sporty, comfy, and modern. Modern so that it still looks good 7 years later.

As for the Corvette - I own one. Magazines slam it all the time for how crappy the interior is. Its really not that bad. Its definitely too plastiky and the huge buttons on the radio and HVAC controls are a bit goofy looking. But other than that, the interior is nice - the dash has nice styling, even at 6 years old of a design, the ergonomics are good, everything just works well, and its very comfortable. Amazingly comfortable for a sports car of such high capabilities.

I have a G35 Coupe on order that I expect to have within the next month. My biggest gripe about the car? I don't like the interior and dash!

'96 Contour SE, 130k, traded 6/19/03 for: '03 Infiniti G35 Coupe , Diamond Graphite '02 Corvette Z06, Electron Blue Pic