31st May 2012, 09:46
I see that the "ad hype" comment strikes again.
I do not own a Toyota (never have); in fact both of my vehicles are domestics, however I find the constant attacks on Toyota & imports tiresome.
As for your opinion of most car buyers, I guess that depends on what your definition of "clueless" is. Based on your comments, my guess is your definition of "clueless" is anybody who disagrees with your opinion.
My experience (and I've owned about 30 cars, both imports & domestics over 40 years) is that there is not a big difference between imports & domestics - in fact most vehicles are more or less "Global" nowadays anyway.
31st May 2012, 09:20
On the other hand, buying a car from one of the top-rated automakers in the world is also a not half-bad idea, seeing as how Toyota is still ahead reliability-wise of any of the domestic automakers...