80s american trucks looked awesome. But from what I have heard American car companies make better cars now than they did in the 80s. There was a silent agreement between US manufacturers if they build them to only last about 200k miles they could all sell more cars. But then they started important japanese cars into the USA which were cheaper and lasting over 400k miles (over twice as long as American cars). This hurt the US car manufacturers and forced them to start building better cars again. So today American car companies build good cars again but the older cars dont last as long. You have to replace something major before 200k almost 100% of the time with older US cars
There seemed to be a significant drop in quality in American cars after the 1974 oil crisis. At the same time, Japanese cars became far better than they used to be. One of my old teachers once told me that back in the 60s, they used to joke about Japanese cars being crap.
Yeah, but we are gonna make a comeback. We will be the leaders of automated electrical cars soon.
But yeah Japan seems to be good at building mechanical shit. They had an excellent navy in ww2 and had good planes and great engines. They make great cars and motorcycles. Japan has alot to be proud of.
Are cars better or worse looking now than they were 15 years ago?
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80s american trucks looked awesome. But from what I have heard American car companies make better cars now than they did in the 80s. There was a silent agreement between US manufacturers if they build them to only last about 200k miles they could all sell more cars. But then they started important japanese cars into the USA which were cheaper and lasting over 400k miles (over twice as long as American cars). This hurt the US car manufacturers and forced them to start building better cars again. So today American car companies build good cars again but the older cars dont last as long. You have to replace something major before 200k almost 100% of the time with older US cars
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There seemed to be a significant drop in quality in American cars after the 1974 oil crisis. At the same time, Japanese cars became far better than they used to be. One of my old teachers once told me that back in the 60s, they used to joke about Japanese cars being crap.
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Yeah, but we are gonna make a comeback. We will be the leaders of automated electrical cars soon.
But yeah Japan seems to be good at building mechanical shit. They had an excellent navy in ww2 and had good planes and great engines. They make great cars and motorcycles. Japan has alot to be proud of.
still rockin my early 80s k20 it runs great
its spent bettern half its life in my yard