Soccer players blow baseball players out of the water money wise, to give a perspective for Americans, and Baseball players are some of the highest paid athletes in the world. They're rich enough that they're more interested in owning a status symbol, something a commoner can't easily afford, and any kind of 'Merican muscle is the opposite of that. Our pony cars/sports cars are pretty affordable to the masses, whereas most European equivalents are definitely made with more exclusivity in mind.