But they really are so much better,my old girls corolla automatic has never used any oil or water since she's had it,the only fault with it was a fan belt failiure which got me 20 miles with ONE RIB left on the belt!!!!changed it in about 10 mins.I do think they've lost their way a bit now but tbh I used to work for a ford factory as a spark and to supply Toyota you needed a ppm of 1 or below,that's 1 or less rejects per million parts!!we used to get about 20 a fucking shift!!!

Toyota was always the model for the industry for perfection and that included anything to come out of Germany(the car I drive) but tbh in this day and age even the shittest manufacturers are making better cars and I just think their no longer playing catch up with the japs.

Thing I love about jap cars is their just so easy to work on,loads of room under the bay,everything accessible and so on.one quick fact I've noticed on the jap motors,they never use a 13mm head on a bolt,think it's due to superstition as it's an unlucky number.