I drive a lot of EU cars in Israel and Belgium - French and Italian, but you can not compare it with smooth Japanese.
I see you personal reason to hate it, I have almost the same story with Pontiac and I own Toyota Sienna right now - the best Van what I ever drive.
About style - its just matter of taste - I know, many women prefer American, I think size is appealing to them in subconscious level (just a joke)
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Yes mic.
Everybody is different.
Someone likes apples, someone oranges.
We have Grand Caravan ES and I also think it's the best van ever made. My husband is using Jeep Liberty (company car) and it's a nice SUV. Besides these days it's hard to say what is Japanese, American or European car. Mazdas are made by Ford, Jaguars are made on Ford platforms with Ford parts, some Ford cars will be made on Volvo platforms, Suzukis made by GM in Ontario, Nissan is owned by french, Mitsubishi is owned by germans (just like Chrysler), Pontiac Vibe is build by Toyota, new Chrysler Crossfire will be build by Mercedes in Germany, and you will see Chrysler plants building Mercedes cars and trucks sooner than you think.
So who knows......LOL