i notice 4 doors are not viewed the same in Europe as they are over here

I always yearned for a 2-door, but I found out it was a pain getting people in and out of the back seat when we went cruising (especially the girls - some pun intended) so the majority of the cars I've owned were 4-doors, and I loved them all.  I was seldom the guy with the "hot Mustang", and mostly "the guy with the car full of chicks".

I imagine that driving down the road in a '66 Ventura 4-door with 22" rims might turn some heads in Germany, as much as those little Smart cars did here when they popped up few years ago.  I guess common objects of disinterest become "the next cool thing" when displaced to another country.

Other things (like some of those bat-s**t crazy Japanese trends) should be contained in their country and treated like dutch-elm disease if found around here.

IMHO, of course.

My thoughts are 'gee, they all look very cool...except for the gay wheels'

The wheels don't do anything for me either. I wasn't a four door guy until I had my 95 Impala SS. Now I have 4 cars that are 4 doors. There is nothing wrong with a nice roomy car that will blow the doors off some kids rustang.

However, I do agree that the big rims don't add much to the cars for me.