How about trying quality. That's a feature no German brand has. Or a 100,000 mile warranty 

You beat me to it

You got that right

Good luck finding a Golf R. They are basically unicorns

I’m actually glad they put in these stupid controls. Why? Because I can't even find one for sale without a mark up. I bet if the controls were normal they would be even harder to find. I ended up just settling for a Jetta Sport with the manual transmission. I'm not really happy but I saved some money.

This list makes no sense. My 2020 mustang gt has a manual transmission made in China. That's even more un American .