I unfortunately have to confirm that in Europe American muscle and sports cars, oversized SUVs and - worst of all - pick-up trucks do not have the best image, sigh ... People will generally assume that you are either (i) a pimp, (ii) a drug dealer/organised crime person or (iii) a gym/body building shop owner, fresh out of his most recent insolvency proceeding.
But there are exceptions: My little brother (a car mechanic and enthusiast) drives a Dodge Challenger (and before that a Ford Mustang, he says the Mustang was more sporty, the Challenger, even though double the horsepower really isn't agile), he used to own Jeep Wranglers as well, one of my favorite law professors had a 70ies Corvette (never a good car with the undercarriage issues on European roads, but it sure looked the part) which in academia was unheard of
and one of my tax partners kept in the Noughties a yellow customized Corvette which - legend has it - "
preyed on unsuspecting Porsches". But for the most part, American cars are deemed a little, how shall I put this,
loud? Or as a buddy of mine put it when we first laid eyes on a Dodge Viper: "
If Pamela Anderson was a car, this is what she would look like." (Pam must have thought the same as she would soon after own one herself.)
The good news: Once American cars reach a certain age, a couple of decades, it's socially acceptable to like, protect and collect them! The wife of a friend had a 50ies Thunderbird Roadster Convertible, it would always draw spectators fawning on it, it just wasn't very reliable to get from A to B!
And people just love my Harley-Davidson! I get compliments all the time.