20th Jun 2011, 10:26

The very same thing can be said about those that keep tirelessly writing useless anecdotal posts about Japanese cars and oh-how-inferior they are to their "domestics". I just find it funny because if you really and truly believed that Japanese cars were inferior, then you'd probably not spend countless hours writing in their defense. You would feel confident in knowing that you were driving a superior product and not concern yourselves about strangers on a site.

20th Jun 2011, 11:40

I'm thinking about the same thing myself. Most Toyota threads are spammed with people that seem to know better than everyone else. It doesn't matter that almost all quality rating shows that Toyota, Honda, Subaru shine year after year, decades after decades. That doesn't seem to matter.

The only thing that matter for these people is that Lincoln last year outperformed both Lexus and Toyota (although by a thin margin). And suddenly Lincoln is a Ford. Strange. I though Lincoln made cars selling for $40-50K and up, whereas Fords are making cars that sell for half that price. But what do I know?

Personally I don't care whether people are buying cars from Detroit or not. Actually hardly any cars are made in Detroit anymore it seems. The best sellers from Ford and GM are made overseas; Mexico, Canada. The "award winning" Chev Cruze is made by Daewoo in Korea, and is actually a Daewoo Lacetti Premiere. Sold in USA, it's suddenly all red, white and blue (wave your flags everybody!). Built in Korea by Daewoo. Parts from all over the world (but not from USA, though). The body designed in Korea (by Daewoo) and the engineering is partly made (and completely designed) in Germany (by Opel AG). Yeah! Real American car that benefits the US economy.

But what do I know? I drive my Camry, designed and built in the US with mostly US parts. And people are calling me unpatriotic. People REALLY are brainwashed.

21st Jun 2011, 01:22

Aha, yes. SAABs are fantastic. I have numerous friends and family who own them and have had no issues, but Subarus and Asian brands are all terrible. The only person I know who hasn't had a big issue with an Asian car is a friend of mine who drives a 2007 Honda Civic.