Cars: Lack of Ingenuity

Europe is sorely lacking when it comes to ingenuity in their car production. I had thought that maybe since I was in Rome, the vehicles were tailored to that horrific driving environment. I am quickly realizing though that this is not the case. Almost every car looks the exact same....completely lack luster. For example, the most abundant domestically made cars that are in Europe are the Ford Fiesta and the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Not even the people who drive them in the United States even want to be driving those pieces of garbage. Those are the kind of cars you get for your kid when they turn 16, because you know they are going to beat the crap out of it or crash it.