It's in the article, isn't it? If they weren't writing American flame bait, it would just be about European buying trends. You don't have to say they are rejecting anything.

Neither of the SUVs I've owned were American. The Germans were happy enough to make and sell one of them while the Koreans made the other.

I'm just tired of articles being written like it's a rejection of American ideals when it probably isn't a factor on anyone's mind at the time of purchase. Rage bait, pure and simple.

Peoples reaction to my post kinda demonstrates why it works, though. They are so anti-american that being called on the unnecessary inclusion of us in the headline gets people upset. Don't let your media turn us into boogiemen for the cars that some people buy. We do enough real shit to get mad about without making up stuff.