German vs. Japanese?

[skyrover]

E65Ross said:

skyrover said:

I'll take my car designed by the German's but engineered and built by the Japanese thank you very much

So you bought 2 land rovers and a jeep?

... bks

[Catatafish]

skyrover said:

E65Ross said:

skyrover said:

I'll take my car designed by the German's but engineered and built by the Japanese thank you very much

So you bought 2 land rovers and a jeep?

... bks

+1 I'd prefer designed by British or Italian, and engineered by the Japanese

[CDP]

Catatafish said:

skyrover said:

E65Ross said:

skyrover said:

I'll take my car designed by the German's but engineered and built by the Japanese thank you very much

So you bought 2 land rovers and a jeep?

... bks

+1 I'd prefer designed by British or Italian, and engineered by the Japanese

British and Italian engineering is easily comparable to that of Germany or Japan, it's the cost cutting mentality when it comes to components that tends to let things down. But I understand Mercedes know all about that too.

[stuno1]

Had both Jap and German and generally Jap have more toys for the money and are more reliable in my experience. Thankfully companies like Lexus and Infinity are starting to produce proper performance cars now and long may that continue! Quality, performance and reliability.

[Neith]

I've always bought Japanese cars and never really had many problems with them. Interiors are generally pretty dire (S15 is one of the better ones but still horrible cheap plastics everywhere) but reliability has usually been great and the ones I've had have been fun to drive.

A lot of German cars (things like newer Golf GTIs mainly) have just never interested me but I'd definitely be interested in trying out something like a M3 sometime. For actually buying though it'd take a lot to convince me to go anything other than Japanese.