Studies after studies show that American cars have surpassed Japanese ones in reliability and quality, so why don't Americans buy them?
Back in the 1970s and 1980s the Japanese cars did in fact surpass the American cars in reliability and quality and thus it led to Americans buying more Japanese Toyotas and Hondas. However in recent years the American cars such as Chevrolet and Ford have matched and even surpassed Japanese cars. But the Americans people still buy Hondas and Toyotas in big numbers every single year… Despite the fact that they charge thousands more than Ford and Chevy.
Why don't the people realize that they are wasting their money?
Well Amazon has decimated Britain's high street too people buy off line get it delivered and the shops are going broke thousands of jobs are going what do you say about that and it pays very little tax here or is that OK you started this race to the bottom massive corporations cutting everybody else's throat avoiding most taxes with offshore accounts its highway robbery like your banks in 2008 its you that has created this economic nightmare greed and avarice its just coming back I'm not nasty just telling the truth but will get hated for it as usual
It's called free choice. Part of the American Dream.
Your a dreamer .yes american cars have improved .a lot. They had to. And its good that a lot of americans buy only branded cars that are american .ie mustangs and cadillacs. But most jap cars you see are in fact built in the americas. But lets look at two american cars. The mustang is a great car. And great value .in america .time it reaches the uk with extra taxes its probably £40.000 at least .in real life drive it slowly and you might get 14 mpg's. At £6 a gallon! Was a mustang designed to be driven slow? Cadillacs have monstrous engines and go round corners like a boat… Your real prize jeep looks and drives like a 3rd world attempt. The tesla is a brilliant car. But examine its body and the fit of panel gaps is extremely poor… Saying all that i love old yanks. I drove a thunderbird completely around america .seattle -san diego-key west - buffalo -across canada to seattle .luckily i'm a good sailor .so was not sea-sick
Because the public know better than any 'studies'.
"however in recent years the American cars such as Chevrolet and Ford have matched and even surpassed Japanese cars". Please provide any link to prove this statement. Any reliability report by a car magazine or a consumer group. Anything.
As always, always CHECK if the messenger is telling the truth. Always assume that he is LYING or you will get burned.
Post a link from a credible source to back up your claim. Until you do, what you state as fact is only opinion.
While I will agree that US brand vehicles have improved since the 70's and 80's, the Japanese imports have improved as well ( and in my opinion, still have better reliability records over American brands ).
Studies don't mean much to people like me who keep cars for 20 years… By the time 20 years had gone by to see how they do the model years are not around any more. I look at common problems rather than "reliability" studies. Reliability rarely includes severity in the results.
I do agree that Ford and GM have come a long way in the past 20 years, though, and are often a better value than Honda in particular and on a par with Toyota. For example, if you were to buy a 5 year old Ford Focus and a 5 year old Toyota Corolla today and keep them for 5 years Edmunds predicts you will spend $28,016 altogether on the Ford and $28254 on the Toyota. Those are model years with a track record.
If we compare the 2018 versions of each we get $31400 for the Ford and $28,882 for the Toyota. The roughly $2000 difference comes about equally from an extra $1000 cost of fuel and $1000 cost of routine maintenance. The extra dollar per day for the Ford is not much when supporting a car so I would call it a draw.
The truth is many car makers are making good quality cars these days. I still don't trust Mopar or Kia/Hyundai, both of which have made some really bad vehicles in recent memory but supposedly have seen the light. Having helped my son with his wife's Kias in the early part of the century and having tried to get a 1984 Dodge 600 to stay on the road I'm not quick to forgive. Ford and GM have been producing good stuff for at least ten years so I have no problem with them, but I'm completely sold on Prius.
Your statement is not factual, nor is it really relevant.
Most car buyers don't look at quality reports and studies, or even know they exist. They choose cars that best satisfy their wants and needs. Japanese and Korean brands apparently do that better than American brands.
It's ironic that designers in Japan and Korea know better what American buyers want than American designers. American car companies have always tried to tell customers what they should want, and then force it on them. Foreign car companies, on the other hand, do the opposite -- they give customers what they actually want.
Cause my Camry is 25 years old and still going.
Because this is not true but only a lie you amde up.
- Why would people buy older foreign cars instead of brand new American cars? I see it all the time, people driving 7-8 year old Mercedes or BMWs that they paid probably paid around $20,000. They could of easily gone out and bought a brand new Ford or Dodge, but they didn't. They bought a Mercedes with over 100k miles. All worn and torn on the inside. But aslong as they're shining on the outside I guess.
- Why do Republicans get upset when Americans buy superior Japanese vehicles? The only somewhat decent US manufacturer is Ford but nowhere near the quality of Honda, Toyota, Subaru, or Nissan.
- Why don't American cars last as long as Japanese cars? My family has owned a Ford Taurus and a Nissan Altima of similar model years. Both cars are still running, but the Taurus has very low mileage (it's a 1999 with only 85,000 miles) and the interior is in horrible condition and the plastics Ford put in have been known for breaking. None of this has happened with the Altima, even though it has more miles. Why?
- Isn't it hard to force the EU to buy our cars? Ford announced they'll stop making regular cars, and they don't want our gas guzzling SUVs? Or huge trucks. That's what part of this trade war is about fyi, our products that they don't even want. Interesting, but 10% vs 2.5% isn't exactly earth shattering on cars. Plus that article's talking about OBAMA'S proposed free trade not Trumps.