Why Japanese made cars are of better quality and performance than our own American made cars

Pride. It hurt the Japanese immensely to learn that they had a reputation for cheap crappy stuff in the 1950's. Japanese have a much higher sense of pride in their work,''I am going to it perfect no matter what''. While Americans r ''There, I've put 150 wheels on cars today where is my paycheck?''

I hate saying this but it is the truth. I spent 3 years in Japan, & they just have a much higher dedication to their work & reputation. This flows both ways up & down the leadership chain. Even the lowly trash collector has a code of ethics to do the job right aka he wont miss a single can.

More quality control during the assembly process.

Lets use GM & Toyota as examples:

General Motors was the biggest car company in the world 30-40 years ago. They had many, many employees, many of whom r still drawing retirement pay & health benefits.

I do not think Toyota was even the biggest in Japan at the time, & was barely a blip on the Big Three is radar. They have very few employees from back then still drawing pay & benefits.

So part of the problem is that the US automakers still have the liabilities of a large company, when they've got ..uh, well, the assets of a less large company. The Japanese automakers r in the enviable position of.the reverse.

Also, the Japanese automakers do not have the inflated wages & benefits of current employees.they pay pretty well for low-skilled & unskilled labor. But not like GM & Ford & Chrysler do at their union plants. (The UAW is undermining their own future, & the future of all unions, & therefore of all workers.)

Also, for decades, the big three figured they did not NEED to improve their cars. Quality did not matter, because people would buy any shit they were shovelling. Japanese cars still had a stigma of cheapness, & did not actually GET better than American cars until the late 70s & early 80s. By the time the Japanese had gotten their shit together, the big three is shit was in a shambles. They had spent 20 years sitting on their asses improving nothing. It has taken them 20 years to get back to being competetive on quality.


That is not to say they have not ALWAYS had a few models that were as good as anything anyone else was offering, or unlike anything anyone else was offering. But you're right, for the most part, they didn't. And they still (particularly Chrysler) have a lot of models that lag behind everything else in their classes.

Because Americans look at the quick money, but foreign car makers look ahead for the long run.

Like Clinton and Obama. Hillary is fucked, because she did not plan ahead. Obama, on the other hand, will win.

And McCain was never really in the election.

This question, or series of questions, has no validity but in an attempt to add some to it, the Toyota Camry is built in the USA while the Chevy Aveo is built in Asia. Do some research before asking questions like this.. and on a final note do some more junk yard research while you are at it

I right now, own 9, 11 and 36 year old american cars that are not in junkyards and do in fact take me where I need to go, so your statements are opinions only.

true, they do hold their value better overtime, but,
i beg to differ on the ''outperforms'' part.
and i wouldnt say ''made better'' either. some of those imports crush like a coke can in a collision.

They spend time and money to research and development. American car companies are spending billions of their profits in retirement funds for their aging crews.

they concentrate on quality instead of quantity. They have a better system and probally more dedicated or experienced. Plus, they have their school longer and much harder, which equals smarter kids!