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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ben47
Biased, I really don't think so.

How many times have you heard/read that American car makers admitted quality was lacking for many years in their products and were playing catch-up?

As for MB, they too have admitted they are trying to overcome a decade of poor reliability ratings.
Ben: I don't disagree that the American manufactures shot themselves in the head during the 70's and 80's with substandard quality. However, in the past ten years the quality of the American Manufactures has vastly improved and neither of these agencies have scarcely acknowledged it. Also, in the last ten years we have seen Asian market begin to show signs of falling on the sword with respect to reliability, safety, and misrepresentation from Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Mazda, but that hasn't seemed to show up in the reviews. Don't get me wrong I am not bashing the Japanese, in fact I work for a Japanese company, I am just saying that I personally don't believe there is no longer the disparity in quality between the American manufactures and Japanese manufactures. If I truly believed that there was a difference in quality I would have bought the 350Z it was a toss up between it and the Crossfire, but I kept thinking of all the 280Z that rusted out just like the Chevy C/K fenders in the 70's and 80's.
 
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