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Jack, I'm sure Carmine was joking about that great house of quality, Mitsubishi....they made junk 20 years ago and made junk 10 years ago and they make junk today. I worked on a late model Galant the other week and the controls on the dash were of a lower quality than anything GM uses. MOST Japanese makes are the best in the world when it comes to quality, but the "second-tier" makes (including Suckzuki and Isuzu) are pretty ratty.
A large percentage of Japanese cars on the market here were, of course, made in the US, with many American made components. Where they excel is, when Honda shops for climate control switches it pays, oh, I don't know, say $10 for the whole assembly. When GM goes shopping it finds someone who will make it for $3. You get what you pay for. In cars as in tv sets, the manufacturer is mostly just in the design & assembly business these days, using components bought from someone else. Not much left to assemble on a typical bread & butter tv set these days.
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Bryan
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