Are Toyota and Nissan vehicles superior to American vehicles?

January 14th, 2010 | by admin |

There’s a perception of American vehicle brands being inferior to companies like Toyota. Is this true or is this just a trend? I ask because I read an article mentioning how Chinese can’t get enough of American vehicles; I’m confused.

You’re thinking in a 20 year old mindset. Nissan’s reliability has been spotty the past 10 years or so. Toyota’s reputation has taken a hit in recent years with the well-known sludging the problems that some of their models suffered from. Ford is now considered to be up there with Honda and Toyota in terms of quality and reliability. GM has gotten better, their newer models are competitive with Honda/Toyota/Nissan/Ford but their reliability isn’t quite as good, though it is better than it has been. Chrysler, is still struggling however.

  1. 3 Responses to “Are Toyota and Nissan vehicles superior to American vehicles?”

  2. By Dave on Jan 14, 2010 | Reply

    You can never paint cars with such a broad brush. There are good and bad American cars, good and bad Nissans, and good and bad Toyotas.

    In China, the best-sellers are Volkswagens and Buicks, but in most cases entirely different vehicles than the ones sold in the U.S.
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  3. By Slunder38 on Jan 14, 2010 | Reply

    toyota and nissan bows down to mitsubishi while they ( mitsubishi ) bows down to chevy and ford. and honda they bow down to anything excluding the big wheel.
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  4. By fodaddy19 on Jan 14, 2010 | Reply

    You’re thinking in a 20 year old mindset. Nissan’s reliability has been spotty the past 10 years or so. Toyota’s reputation has taken a hit in recent years with the well-known sludging the problems that some of their models suffered from. Ford is now considered to be up there with Honda and Toyota in terms of quality and reliability. GM has gotten better, their newer models are competitive with Honda/Toyota/Nissan/Ford but their reliability isn’t quite as good, though it is better than it has been. Chrysler, is still struggling however.
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