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No. There are definitely brands that I __will not ever__ buy. //Most// American Cars: Won't buy because I really distrust the quality of the engineering and t
by mjevans 9y ago
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There are definitely brands that I __will not ever__ buy.
//Most// American Cars: Won't buy because I really distrust the quality of the engineering and the reliability of the end product.
Volvo: My parent's car /always/ had seriously expensive maintenance issues; I don't recall them even doing things half as bad to their car as what I do to mine. (OMG the bumps in the place I'm living right now x.x;)
British Cars: Not even Top Gear UK liked the non-sports car versions.
Mainland Asian cars: Something about the cabin and control configuration just feels /wrong/ to me; I might consider them again if I see one that feels right. This is just based on a very small sample size of rental cars I've driven over the years.
Cars that I'd comparison shop and have on the short list?
Pretty much any Japanese car. There have been some annoying recalls on things like airbags, but I've never been burned and the control configuration just feels right.
EDIT: >> I forgot about Subaru. No data, would consider.
Tesla; They're expensive... but by the time I buy another car (will we still be buying cars?) maybe they'll have caught up. Their engineering I actually respect.
I honestly don't know why the other American car companies can't match that standard... maybe they're too busy being chasing profits instead of building a quality brand the right way.
- jimnotgym 9y agoBritish cars??? What Britsh cars. Cars made in the UK include (from memory) Rolls Royce (full of German bits), Aston Martin (full of German bits), Nissan (Japanese), Honda (Japanese), Jaguar Land Rover (Indian, was German), Ford (Yankee). These are only assembled in the UK of course. They are made all over the world.
- namdnay 9y agoJLR isn't Indian, it may be owned by an Indian congomerate, but management, design, engineering and most manufacturing are all in the UK. PS: I would classify Ford Europe as an Anglo-German car company : Design and Engineering are mainly in Cologne and south UK (e.g. Chelmsford). There is actually not that much sharing with the US, most of the European line-up is specific.
- jimnotgym 9y ago>JLR isn't Indian None of this is clear cut for any of the others I mentioned either! They all have supply chains all over the EU and further afield.
- namdnay 9y agoOf course they all have supply chains across the world, however nearly all auto manufacturers are still heavily based in one country. Nissan is clearly a Japanese automaker, even if it sources diesel engines from France etc. Following this definition, JLR is completely a UK car company.
- gsnedders 9y ago> PS: I would classify Ford Europe as an Anglo-German car company : Design and Engineering are mainly in Cologne and south UK (e.g. Chelmsford). There is actually not that much sharing with the US, most of the European line-up is specific. Note this is slowly changing now, with ever less duplication of similar car models around the world.
- namdnay 9y agoIndeed, especially with the (very gradual) hatchbacking and downsizing of the US market
- michaelt 9y agoBritish cars??? What Britsh cars. If you only want two seats and you're not very price-sensitive: http://www.lotuscars.com/ http://www.lotuscars.com/ https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/ https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/ http://cars.mclaren.com/ http://cars.mclaren.com/ Needless to say, they'll all contain foreign-made components.
- jimnotgym 9y agoLotus is a subsidiary of a Chinese auto group of course. But the other two make fine British cars!