Um, I hate to break it to you but
our "mass transit system" (I assume you mean the trains/buses?) are a complete and utter disaster. My girlfriend has to drive 30 miles to work in the morning - it takes her between 30 minutes (60 miles an hour) and 90 minutes (do the math :P ). Anyway, to take "mass transit" (I'm still assuming you mean a train!) it'd take her nearly 3 hours. 3. Hours.
Europe.. now, THERE is a public transport system I can get on board with - Paris, Barcelona - all BRILLIANT. So easy to use, so quick and so damned cheap! Ours? Shocking.
So, we can either take hours to get anywhere and pay through the nose, or use our cars and get taken over a barrel at the pump. <shrugs>.
I'd like to point out that I'm not complaining. It's my choice to live here (so far anyway) and I'm reasonably proud to call the UK my home - but I expect I'll be headed your way in the not so far future
And if you read that article up there and relate it to the Camaro you can see why it won't sell here either.