Thread 28469588

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIl6sSg0pMY
In this old 1999 Top Gear episode they showed the old Toyota Starlet and then reviewed it's successor the Yaris. Then they compared the Yaris to it's rivals Fiat Punto, VW Polo, Peugeot 206, Renault Clio and the Ford Fiesta. And in typical old Top Gear fashion they shat on the Japanese car and chose the Clio and the 206. But when you look at what happened to those cars.
>Starlet is still on the road in 2025
>Yaris scrapped in 2017 with 160K miles
>Polo scrapped in 2014 with 100K miles
>Fiesta scrapped in 2012 with 100K miles
>Clio scrapped in 2012 with 70K miles
>Punto scrapped in 2011 with 110K miles
>206 scrapped in 2007 with 90K miles
The two Toyota's were the most reliable out of all the cars with one of them still being on the road. While none of the Europeans made it to 120K miles. Why are the Japanese so much more superior to others?

>>28469588 (OP)
Westerners tend to have a superiority complex towards Japanese stuff.

https://youtu.be/ulBeSBuM0_Y?t=2497

shitbox, USA
:|
shitbox, Japan
:O

>>28469602
Because the japanese shitbox lasts twice as long as the american or european shitbox.

>>28469603
they do?

>>28469588 (OP)
>>Starlet is still on the road in 2025
>>Yaris scrapped in 2017 with 160K miles
>>Polo scrapped in 2014 with 100K miles
>>Fiesta scrapped in 2012 with 100K miles
>>Clio scrapped in 2012 with 70K miles
>>Punto scrapped in 2011 with 110K miles
>>206 scrapped in 2007 with 90K miles
where are you getting this information?

>>28469629
https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/

>>28469588 (OP)
>frogboxes couldn't even make it to 100k
Grim

>>28469629
>1 car out of 7 had a responsible owner
>even another toyota was scrapped almost a decade ago

>>28469624
The weeb fears the American floating couch

>>28469624
ford doesn't even make sedans anymore kek

>>28469588 (OP)
Japanese has autistic levels of attention to quality assurance. They are firm believers that quality doesn't exist without durability. Just look at Game Boy devices from the 80's that still work fine today. Not only that but like other WW2 nations, Japan developed good knowledge in ICE and were able to transfer knowledge to their commercial lines.

Westerners simply don't have the same devotion to enduring quality. We value speed, acceleration, fun and so on but for Japanese a product that breaks down is shamefur dispray. They can be devoted to this line of thinking that would make most westerners miserable. Also Japanese generally put in more work hours for the same pay as us or even lower.

>>28469884
>"Crown Victoria"
>American
Sure.

>>28470214
Americans beat the living daylights out of their cars and so simplicity and ease of repair and assembly tends to be preferred over long term durability.

>>28470223
Go home Jeff. Your car industry is a joke without massive tariffs.

>>28469588 (OP)
Not really they rust easily and their american tier interiors brake just as easily. Cars last long because they're purposely underpowered. Repairs can be cheap but again if you aren't on top of maintenance it'll turn to rust dust as quickly as a ford would.
TLDR Unless you bought it new it's just as much of a restoration project as any other used car is.

they just are

>>28470255
i am home you fucking retard

>>28470223
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mj-Tb4-C60Q
Ease of repair huh....

>>28470311
>ford
lol
lmao

>>28469624
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuriLock
*breaks and renders your entire car unusable*
>>28470223
in what way are american cars easier to repair? everything is exponentially harder, for example to change a fuel pump on a ford taurus or chevy cavalier you need to drop the entire fuel tank, that's retarded as FUCK. wheras mitsubishi lancers, corollas, subarus, and hondas of the same era you can just open the back seat up and pull them out.

>>28470223
Which is why you made Toyota the biggest car company in the world since their cars are durable and easy to repair.