Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Uh, you usually have no choice. Are you honestly going to tell me people search for a Made in Japan car? I HIGHLY doubt it. For the record its plain dumb luck that our last Accord ('91) and Camry ('00) were made in Japan.
Would I want a Japanese built Legacy vs. one built in Indiana? What's the difference so long as its the car I want. Labor is labor, its all about quality control.
Yes, many people still search for and buy only Japanese built Camrys, and having had my hands on quite a few of both Jap and US built Camrys I can understand why. The Jap built Camrys are simply better built.
So let me get this straight. An American team and Japanese team both get the same parts to assemble two identical cars. Assuming the same quality control the Japanese car is just somehow better?
And, even if that were true, why on earth would Toyota continue to open factories in the US if their reputation was to be put on the line?
Futhermore, if it was true how have Toyota's quality and reliability remained so high given the increasingly growing number of models assembled in the US?
"Why on earth would Toyota continue to open factories in the US..?"
Because they can pay the workers in cheap US dollars. The dollar has lost more than half its value against the yen in 20 years. Also, they avoid import duties. In other words, they make more money by building cars in the US.
I think the Nascar fans just realize that the US is not really the best anymore, and it hurts to be shown that.
Look at Cart or IRL, these are American based series, that are now dominated by foreign drivers. Look at baseball, dominated by latin players. Basketball now has a huge influx of foreign players. America's dominance of the world is diminishing, and it makes Americans nervous. Nascar is one of the few things people can look to and see America dominate.
Just as Toyota beat Detroit with small cars, then medium size cars, then small trucks, then Lexus luxury cars, then SUVs, it's just a better company with better engineering and production.
Get used to it.
And Nascar fans are rednecks, do you remember all of the people booing and throwing beer cans when Jeff Gordon won a race? He's American, just not a true southern redneck. Can't wait to see the reaction when Michael Waltrip wins a race in a Toyota!