[frankym]

about the comment about dollars diverted from US to SA: First off, the reality is that ERA operates beyond it's capacity with excess demand not capable of being fulfilled by ERA. So until ERA expands capacity to a point where they have cars unsold, there is no dollar being diverted away from America. Secondly, taxes paid on the purchase of either car are paid to our state governments (if owned and registered in the US). A significant portion of both cars prices reside in the drivetrains which always bring in US workers and craftmen. Thirdly, ERAs and SPFs are high end cars, and do not have substitutes in other US manufactured cobra replicas. This is fact, there are 3 or more tiers of quality, price etc for every manufactured goods. Toyota isn't selling cars to people that are considering a BMW 740, since ERA and SPF are near perfect substitutes, the purchase of an SPF doesn't sacrifice the sale of another make of cobra.

In many cases, a Honda accord purchased here in the US employs more US man hours than many US cars, so buying American isn't what it once was, this is truly a global economy. All for keeping jobs within the US, but in order for a free market economy, there has to be free and unrestrained trade with other nations. There are benefits to specialization and if a country posesses a peculiar and unique skill or process, it is more profitably for that country and a lot cheaper for other nations to outsource making for a greater good. If we can't be competitive, we do a disservice to free trade by creating subsidies for inefficiency. Maybe a little tangential but thought it was worth considering, just my 0.02 cents, all that it is.