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Also US cars were genuinely horrendous in the 80s-90s in terms of build quality & reliability vs same price or cheaper Japanese equivalents. It's only rather r
by steveBK123 4mo ago
Also US cars were genuinely horrendous in the 80s-90s in terms of build quality & reliability vs same price or cheaper Japanese equivalents.
It's only rather recent that all the big name car makes from US/Europe/Japan/Korea are pretty good & reliable. There were huge differences 30-40 years ago.
- coredog64 4mo agoI think there's a finer point here: US consumers don't want to pay for local UAW labor. GM&Toyota did fine out of the NUMMI plant, and companies like Nissan and Mercedes are making cars in Alabama.
- steveBK123 4mo agoThe problem wasn't assembly alone, the designers carry much blame as well in that era.
- pjc50 4mo agoParallel to how the UK car industry local brands collapsed, but Nissan Sunderland has just kept going nicely.