1) can be a result of 2). When a car makes regular maintenance really easy and/or cheap, it's going to be more likely to never break. My Toyota Prado had the o

1) can be a result of 2). When a car makes regular maintenance really easy and/or cheap, it's going to be more likely to never break. My Toyota Prado had the oil filter easily accessible at the top of the engine bay instead of being a PITA deep underneath near the sump, and had a "lip" around the seal to catch oil drips and divert down a hole to a catch line. Makes me actively angry that this design isn't universal.