Lol lets see how many more stereotypes we can throw into one topic.
First of all, Imports are NOT more reliable then domestics.
First of all if you've ever been to a junkyard check out the import section then check the domestic section. In the domestic section you have 1970's cars lookin fairly decent with small amounts rust. You go to the import section and the oldest car is about 1985 and is completely rusted out. I wont even continue this argument cause you all know its true.
Everyone is always saying how import engines last twice as long as an american engine etc etc. Well lets look at that shall we. (all these figures are in kilometers) My friends Tercel, lasted to 154,000kms. My friends celica GTS 169,000. (tercel completely blew and seized up, the other sheared a cam bearing). My first mustang had 205,000 and i bagged the living piss out of that car, and it ran just as good when i got it as when i sold it. My new car the Z34 happens to have 305,000 on a high performance engine, 300,000 is high even for an import, a little econo-box might hit 300,000 but not much else. Funny thing is my car dyno'd at 211hp stock, so a loss of 4 hp, it runs perfect, doesn't burn oil, doesn't knock, doesn't make noise, anything. Now your thinkin, o he must do regular maintenance ETC. Well i haven't changed the oil since i've had the car (i dont know 5 months say?) (i've put 7,000kms on the car so far), i changed the air filter and that was it. It doesn't have a spot of rust on it, even the stock mufflers aren't rusted yet (they're worn out and sound like straight pipes now tho
). The paint is amazing, like brand new, my friends 2001 civic SIG's paint is already fading. Basically the highest performance Celica sheared a bearing being driven normally and revved maybe to 5000 in merge lanes, whereas my car is revved to 7000 on a regular basis and is raced every chance i get, and has absolutely nothing wrong with it. Not to mention its a first year Chevy car.
90% of these articles are written by 70 year olds who drive those weird lookin pedafile cars cause their modern and make them feel young. American non-performance cars aren't that great, whereas imports regular cars never make it hear, just their semi-performance cars (i know you dont believe me, go to japan and see what they drive, my friends sister has a 1995 45hp Subaru). Basically we dont hear about their "super" cars or their extremely bottom line cars, take ford australia for example, those are amazing cars. (believe it or not Honda makes something other then the civic and CRV, i know shocking isn't it)
Basically they're comparing neons to Focus' to Celica's to BMW's. They dont compare a corvette to a NSX or a mustang to a supra. Neons are tough little pieces of 'Kiss Me''Kiss Me''Kiss Me''Kiss Me''Kiss Me' so that gets chrysler some bonus marks and obviously a BMW is gonna blow every other car out of the water.