Re: Do the Germans or Japanese Make Better Cars?

well, you won't see the different until you got in a collision. Haven't you
seen all the Japs' with bumper holes on them after a slight scratching?
Imagine a head on or rear on collision?..., I think everyone got the picture
now, the air bag won't be of any value unless your car is solid in the first
place. Fiberglass shell won't protect you in any situation.

in 1999, an SUV hit my 91 Jetta's front bumper from side on at nearly 60mph.
my front bumper flied 30 feet away. Afterward, just a simple pull at a body
shop, everything got restored. Can you imagine how a Jap car will look like
after such an incident?

Sure, they can give you 35 - 40 mpg, but at what cost? - your life in case
of an accident!

cheers,

"John Rutledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I think it is cyclical and maybe not possible to reliably compare "German
> made" vs. "Japanese made" vs etc. anymore.  My '95 Accord was American
made
> and excellent quality.  My '03 Accord is Japanese made and quality is a
lot
> lower.  My '91 Mexican made Golf had initial quality problems but those
were
> sorted a long time ago and it is a solid car.  My '69 German made bug -
that
> I don't own any longer - is still on the road and never had a peep of
> trouble.
>
> "Harry Wilke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Do the Germans or Japanese Make Better Cars?
> > >
> > > by Trevor Hofmann, auto123.com / Canadian Auto Press (December 1,
2003)
> > >
> > >
> > > German Study Turns Up Unexpected Response
> > >
> > > German cars are better right? While that might hold some credence
among
> > > luxury car buyers, according to a consumer satisfaction survey
compiled
> by
> > > German automobile association ADAC, together with the Center for
> > Automotive
> > > Research (CAR), the majority of the fatherland's car owners disagree.
> > >
> > > Altogether more than 38,000 German vehicle owners were asked how
> satisfied
> > > they were with their car or SUV and the service its dealer provided,
> with
> > > the results leaving domestic automakers Mercedes-Benz, Opel and
> Volkswagen
> > > hardly topping the charts.
> > >
> > > Contrarily, Japanese automakers swept one through seventh in owner
> > > satisfaction. The only German automaker to break the top ten was
> Porsche.
> > > Just like in North America, Japanese carmaker Toyota was the cream of
> the
> > > crop with Subaru, Honda, Mazda and then Nissan taking the first five
> > spots.
> > >
> > > In North America, German and Japanese manufacturers experience similar
> > > results. According to J.D. Powers and Associates 2003 Vehicle
> > Dependability
> > > Study (VDS), the top five positions are held first by Toyota's Lexus
> > > nameplate, second by Nissan's Infiniti, third by GM's Buick division
> with
> > > fourth held by the first German, once again Porsche. Fifth place goes
to
>
> > > Honda's Acura brand. Other than Porsche no German brands rank in the
top
> > 10.
> > >
> > > Behind Porsche the highest rated German nameplate is BMW in 13th
place,
> > with
> > > Audi next but much farther down the scale in 26th and Mercedes-Benz
> close
> > > behind in a rather pathetic 27th out of 37 total automakers.
Volkswagen,
> a
> > > name once synonymous with reliability and owner satisfaction, ranks
near
> > the
> > > bottom of the barrel in 33rd place.
> > >
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > The results for the local brands weren't favourable when
> > > 38,000 German)vehicle owners were surveryed about   their consumer
> > > satisfaction.
> > > (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Just like in North America, Japanese carmaker Toyota was the cream of
> the
> > > crop with Subaru, Honda, Mazda and then Nissan taking the first five
> > spots.
> > > (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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