Im a big fan of the Chrysler 300C, i think its a fantastic car. Its massive, looks like a Mafia families fleet car and its cheap. Most 300C's in the UK are the 3.0CRD and its a brilliant car, im not a fan of a diesel but you dont buy a 47 tonne saloon for outright performance do you. Half the price of a top spec 7 series and far less annonymous. On the used market they're a fantastic depreciating bargain, the 5.7 V8 especially despite there not being many for sale. I cant think of anything which offers quite that much luxury and an image like that for that sort of money. Ok the Yanks have skimped on quality in some areas, the suspension is typical wollowy American, the interior is Toys R Us plastic etc. I love the looks of it, that steroid-Bentley look, a car not designed to protect pedestrians but to scare them out of the way instead.

Fantastic car.

I don't want a screaming 'banshee' under the hood with Quad 18inch bad boy exhausts, more wings than a biplane and ten megawatt hifi install..

Yeah, everyone who has a VTEC has all this stuff right. Shows you clearly have no understanding of this type of car (and nor infact do the idiots that put massive stereos and body kits with huge wheels on to such cars.) These cars are about raw, focussed driver involvement or they were until the 2001 Civic Type R came along which is just mass produced rubbish (S2000 excepted). Clearly they're not going to be everyone's cup of tea or suit everyone's driving style and they quite bumpy/noisy but they feel alive, you feel connected to the road rather than just twiling a wheel which may or may not somehow be connected to the front wheels.