Which Japanese auto manufacturer do you like best, and why?
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Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today
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The only Japanese manufacturers I know of are Honda, Toyota and Subaru. Given that I hate Toyota and have never owned a Subaru, I'll say Honda. Haven't had many problems with my civic yet, and their customer info hotline seems to be open 24/7. My brain must be on snooze...There's also Mazda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi & Nissan. I'm an idiot to forget those...
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Toyota, hands down. My experience and that of my friends and family is that 'yotas are more reliable than the rest, are more able to limp home if something DOES go fatally wrong, and tend to last a lot longer. Subis are pricey to buy and if they need repairs, your wallet will be emptied quickly. Hondas are fickle; they run fine then die without warning and leave one stranded. Great while they last though... Nissan tends to just wear out after ~200K miles. They ain't got no staying power.
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I think Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mazda and Subaru all build very good cars. Mitsubishi is a few notches down from the rest and Suzuki sells so few cars in the US it's hard to tell about their strength and weaknesses. My current favorite of all of them is Mazda, because Mazda is very enthusiast-focused in its whole lineup (yes the WRX, the Evo and the 350Z are too, but those are single models). For overall engineering excellence, I think Honda leads the pack by a nose. I've just found their cars to be less involving then similar cars from Mazda of late. For ultimate reliability, Toyota is still the world leader (a few notches ahead of other Japanese makes). I currently drive an 11-year-old Toyota pickup truck with 200k miles on it. It runs great, doesn't leak a drop of any fluid, burns no oil, and easily passed a California smog test about a month ago. I've owned/driven cars from each of the Japanese makes. They're all passable, some are excellent. Much of ones ultimate happiness with any of them is more an issue of personal taste than with the quality of the cars. . Here's the next Japanese car I'm going to buy...;-D.. . .
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