I've subscribed to C&D and MT for over 20 years each. I see absolutely no "bias" towards German or Japanese cars at all. Just honest reporting. The only "bias" I notice is the BLIND devotion of certain readers to American cars, no matter how sloppily/cheaply engineered, stupidly designed, and poorly executed they are. Likewise, you see letters from equally blinded Asian car freaks that refuse to accept when an American car manufacturer steps up to the plate and knocks one out of the park. My frustration in this regard also applies to Mustang fanatics, so caught up in a nameplate and a symbol and an image, that they "hate" other cars without even taking a look or a drive in them. It's silly, schoolkid-ish, NASCAR mentality. The fact that the Europeans and Asians continually set the bar so high in quality and engineering does nothing but GOOD for us American car diehards! It forces Ford and GM to get their shat together and build better cars. Look at how far Ford has come from the "nasty" cars (from a build quality and engineering standpoint) they were building in the early 80's to now! The competition keeps everybody on their toes, striving to build us better cars. It's AMAZING how great the cars of today are from a driving, performance, fit/finish standpoint compared to just 10 years ago. I think the car magazines call them as they see them. Even when a Bimmer or a Lexus wins a comparo contest, I still keep my money in the U.S.. But I'm thankful that those fine cars inspire the U.S. automakers I buy from to try harder. If it weren't for BMW, Ford would have never done as fantastically as they did with my Lincoln LS. Even still, it's not as good as a 5-series. I'm not so blinded and biased as to not be able to easily draw that conclusion. But...it was ALOT cheaper, and still a fine ride in its own right. And I hope Ford does BETTER than BMW on their next swing at the LS. As the magazines constantly say to bitter letter writers, there's ALOT more to a car than numbers on a road-test stat sheet. And the suggestion that they slant their findings according to ad revenue or under-the-table payola is urban myth, it's just not true.
