>>28940790
for reference: ive owned ford, chevy, audi, honda and suzuki cars. both jap cars were bulletproof and extremely reliable. ford and audi were the biggest pieces of SHIT. i owned 2 chevys and 1 of them (a 2007 chebby truck) was actually very reliable, as much so as the jap cars but I suspect that was just dumb luck since the other chevy i owned was also a piece of shit

cope more weeb niggermutt

Japanese business culture is very conductive to iterative mechanical engineering at the heart of automobiles.

>>28940833
too bad that match current consumer values, what buyers really want is the badge with the strongest marketing push, the rest of the car doesn't matter

>>28940790
They dont care about how a car "feels" like, they just make a good boring cars that never die
If Volkswagen Group stopped making small turbo engines with DCT, they'd be just as reliable as Japanese cars

>>28940840
anon the vr6 leaked coolant everywhere and the 1.8t loved eating coilpacks and timing belts at 50k

the only remotely reliable vw engine was the 2.0 aba and 07k 2.5 i5 which was worse than any japanese engine of the time both output and fuel economy

>>28940790
When we dropped 2 sun's on them the Japanese were devastated and as such under times of crisis and limitation, you're forced to be resourceful and pragmatic.

The japs had no cause when the empire fell
They had very little material to work with
No backup plan, no plan B.
So you make God damn sure to not waste anything while making something that won't be a burden to upkeep (aka takes more resources to maintain)

Thus, the Japanese had an incentive to create rugged machines that last. Be it small motorcycles like Honda did for Japanese to get around the ruins of what was left or the other manufacters.

They pioneered the assembly process with Hondas 4' S system and ever since ww2 they had no desire to stray from the path

>>28940790
They're just as shitty as any other car these days. Jap cars WERE good but aren't immune to enshitification.

>>28940878
in the 50s and 60s made in japan was the made in china of that time, they were known for making cheap shoddy products. they started really getting their shit together after william edwards deming taught them about good management and quality control techniques. but as >>28940951 said, not even they were immune to the enshittification that infects the world today.

>>28940790
I took a college statistics class where i learned very little statistics and instead learned about management concepts like "lean six sigma" and "kaizen".

anyway, my professor spent half of each lecture jerking off toyota for how they use these processes to maintain a high level of quality while being efficient.

>>28940790
>gooks
gook isn't a slur for the japanese, it's for koreans and vietnamese. bonus points to whoever understand why

>>28942663
All the zipper heads are the same, makes no difference as they all burn the same too.

>>28940790
Japs aren't gooks or chinks you fucking retard

>>28942712
some anon said it doesnt matter and theyre all the same tho

>>28942714
As someone who's actually worked on Chink, Jap and Gook cars they are absolutely not the same.

Jap cars are generally high quality while Chink cars aren't even designed to last a decade because cars can't be kept registered that long for 99% of Chinese passenger car owners. Korean cars are halfway between.