Short answer: American cars are nothing like as well made as European ones. Or Japanese ones. They’re not even close.
I’ve been seeing the most amazing small cars in China on Xiaohongshu, an obviously in China the prices are wildly competitive, but I can’t help think I wish we were able to get a market for these smaller cars here in Aotearoa. Too many cars that are too big for their own good in the last 10yrs here
You can stick your finger in the panel gaps of a lower-end mustang.
Can’t do that with a BMW. Or even a Volkswagen.