• AlDente@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I think you’re conflating American-made and American-branded. Most of the Honda, Toyota, Subaru, etc. vehicles are still made in the USA and are part of the majority market share you mention. These cars lasted 200k easily, and usually past the 300k mark.

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      5 months ago

      That’s the case now, but not historically. The big 3 were making garbage cars until foreign companies expanded their US presence with domestic manufacturing. Widespread foreign makes built in the US is relatively recent.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah in the 80’s people in the US were freaking out about Japanese cars but in the end the US cars became better in order to compete