Domestic Cars vs Imports

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Hondas and most other imports...hell even Hyundai have come a long way from tin can death traps. compare a 08 cobalt to a 08 civic...what feels more like a tin can?
Yes cars have become more electronics dependant but because of that they have also become, more powerful, more efficient and have lower emissions.

Yes Hondas have improved while cobalts/G5s/etc have gotten crappier but Hyundai I'll have to argue with. In the past 4 months I witnessed 3 accidents with brand new Hyundais and they all were totaled while the other cars were only smashed a little. In all three cases the occupants were mangled, none survived, I saw the body parts personally in one case. Anecdotal yes, but personally convincing.

As for electronics, I don't have a problem with chips and the like as they can be easily modded/overridden, but when it comes to computers monitoring everything, locking things down, and unnecessary "big brother options" I get frustrated. Regarding emissions, I have a couple colorful phrases I'd like to put to the govt and manufacturers.