Why Japanese made cars are of better quality and performance than our own American made cars?
February 18th, 2010 | by cars |
THE PATRIOT asked:
why any foreign made vehicle outperforms in quality and everything else or own american made cars. why foreign veicles are far more better than our cars? why most american made cars end up in the junk yard and foreign made cars dont? why we pay so much high price for our cars and they are of less quality.. junk yards are full of american made cars and not foreign made vehicles. foreign made cars outlast ours. why? why everything that is foreign made is better than ours?
SILAS
why any foreign made vehicle outperforms in quality and everything else or own american made cars. why foreign veicles are far more better than our cars? why most american made cars end up in the junk yard and foreign made cars dont? why we pay so much high price for our cars and they are of less quality.. junk yards are full of american made cars and not foreign made vehicles. foreign made cars outlast ours. why? why everything that is foreign made is better than ours?
SILAS
8 Responses to “Why Japanese made cars are of better quality and performance than our own American made cars?”
By Figgero Xuan on Feb 18, 2010 | Reply
PASQUALE
they concentrate on quality instead of quantity. They have a better system and probally more dedicated or experienced. Plus, they have their school longer and much harder, which equals smarter kids!
By pacificriders on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
JEREMIAH
They spend time and money to research and development. American car companies are spending billions of their profits in retirement funds for their aging crews.
By missmaggie on Feb 22, 2010 | Reply
RODOLFO
true, they do hold their value better overtime, but,
i beg to differ on the “outperforms” part.
and i wouldnt say “made better” either… some of those imports crush like a coke can in a collision.
By done wrenching on Feb 23, 2010 | Reply
KIRK
I right now, own 9, 11 and 36 year old american cars that are not in junkyards and do in fact take me where I need to go, so your statements are opinions only.
By mygymtaxessexatmygym on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
NATHAN
This question, or series of questions, has no validity but in an attempt to add some to it, the Toyota Camry is built in the USA while the Chevy Aveo is built in Asia. Do some research before asking questions like this…. and on a final note do some more junk yard research while you are at it
By business_card_man on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
HAI
Because Americans look at the quick money, but foreign car makers look ahead for the long run.
Like Clinton and Obama. Hillary is fucked, because she didn’t plan ahead. Obama, on the other hand, will win.
And McCain was never really in the election.
By Ian F on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
TEODORO
Lets use GM and Toyota as examples:
General Motors was the biggest car company in the world 30-40 years ago. They had many, many employees, many of whom are still drawing retirement pay and health benefits.
I don’t think Toyota was even the biggest in Japan at the time, and was barely a blip on the Big Three’s radar. They have very few employees from back then still drawing pay and benefits.
So part of the problem is that the US automakers still have the liabilities of a large company, when they’ve got ….uh, well, the assets of a less large company. The Japanese automakers are in the enviable position of…the reverse.
Also, the Japanese automakers don’t have the inflated wages and benefits of current employees…they pay pretty well for low-skilled and unskilled labor. But not like GM and Ford and Chrysler do at their union plants. (The UAW is undermining their own future, and the future of all unions, and therefore of all workers.)
Also, for decades, the big three figured they didn’t NEED to improve their cars. Quality didn’t matter, because people would buy any **** they were shovelling. Japanese cars still had a stigma of cheapness, and didn’t actually GET better than American cars until the late 70s and early 80s. By the time the Japanese had gotten their **** together, the big three’s **** was in a shambles. They had spent 20 years sitting on their ***** improving nothing. It has taken them 20 years to get back to being competetive on quality.
That isn’t to say they haven’t ALWAYS had a few models that were as good as anything anyone else was offering, or unlike anything anyone else was offering. But you’re right, for the most part, they didn’t. And they still (particularly Chrysler) have a lot of models that lag behind everything else in their classes.
By swenson0 on Mar 1, 2010 | Reply
MYRON
More quality control during the assembly process.
By Randy C on Mar 3, 2010 | Reply
OSCAR
Pride. It hurt the Japanese immensely to learn that they had a reputation for cheap crappy stuff in the 1950’s. Japanese have a much higher sense of pride in their work,”I’m going to it perfect no matter what”. While Americans are “There, I’ve put 150 wheels on cars today where’s my paycheck?”
I **** saying this but it is the truth. I spent 3 years in Japan, and they just have a much higher dedication to their work and reputation. This flows both ways up and down the leadership chain. Even the lowly trash collector has a code of ethics to do the job right aka he wont miss a single can.