V8 or not, these ten cars are more American than a hamburger filled with beef jerky and marshmallows.
10.) Willys Jeep
America went to war with the Jeep, and won. EssExTee:
Three quarters of a century spent delivering freedom through any kind of terrain imaginable
Suggested By: EssExTee
9.) Duesenberg Phaeton
Duesenbergs were what America does not have anymore: world-class ultimate luxury cars.
Suggested By: Joest
8.) Pontiac GTO
Everything about that ass screams America. Or grunts it.
Suggested By: Joest
7.) 1949 Ford
Proving once and for all that two-doors can be sedans. tapzz:
A car for everyman – the first to top a million built in a year – yet with a spec in spitting distance of a Cadillac or Lincoln.
Pragmatic, conservative, proven technology that harkened back to the Model A in architecture, yet endures in today's F series.
Confident, future looking envelope-body styling that set the pattern for all cars since.
Ample, solid, democratic, and with a dash of style, it was the car that the Great Generation designed and built for itself after spreading freedom and democracy with blood, sweat, tears, ingenuity and mighty industry. A suitable monument to remember them by.
Suggested By: tapzz
6.) Buick Regal Grand National
Does that look Japanese or European to you? I didn't think so.
Suggested By: Highbury
5.) 1959 Cadillac
Welcome to the Space Race! We got fins the Soviets didn't.
Suggested By: Raphy
4.) Tesla Model S
The icon of cutting-edge American design. The batteries might come from Japan, but even that's about to change soon.
Suggested By: PatBateman
3.) Hummer H2
So, with the H1 you got a military vehicle that was turned into a civilian one, then for the H2 you scaled down the styling a bit and used a completely different platform (the Silverado/Suburban GMT800). It might just be the ultimate representation of stupidity. Let's forget about this one, shall we?
Suggested By: ReverendDexter
2.) Shelby Cobra
Just like how Americans came from Britain, the Cobra was also an AC before a Texan turned it into pure awesomeness.
That's the American way.
Suggested By: Arch Duke Maxyenko, can into
1.) Ford F-150
America's most popular vehicle is also one that wouldn't work anywhere else on the planet.
Suggested By: Stig-a-saw-us-wrecks
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