WTF is wrong with this country?

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Originally Posted by RickeyM

American manufacturers could have built better cars, they choose not to for bottom line reasons. That's why the imports were cleaning their clocks. The imports didn't have any edge on any secret technology they just gave the public a better product.

It's hard to put a finger on the exact reasons that Japanese cars are so much more reliable than their American counterparts, but they most certainly are (though the gap may be lessening). For example, we pride ourselves on our light trucks, but there simply isn't a more reliable pickup truck than the Toyota Hilux. It may well be the most reliable, bulletproof vehicle ever manufactured. You simply can't kill 'em.