I'll preface this by admitting that I have been out of the loop with regards to cars and news etc. But I do clearly remember that during the early days of the Japanese cars coming into the country, all the experts, mechanics and journos were saying that they were cheap "jap crap", they won't last and the Japanese people don't know how to build cars etc.
And the technology they brought in like fuel injection, etc when all the experts were saying that carburettor systems were the best because they can be tuned and not having abs is better because proper drivers know how to brake etc. I assume this tech wasn't widely adapted to newer cars because of the original tech's superiority?
Given the strong evidence by all these experts, I can only assume over the years all these Japanese manufacturers have gone under. And I can only assume early model cars like the hiluxes, land cruisers, skylines, etc were all taken to scrap or are completely worthless now.
My question to Japanese car owners is how did it feel having egg on your face for so long and why are people still buying them? I do see some on the road but given how many people and experts were so confident that they were crap, why they're still being purchased? Must be some sort of weird Japanese propaganda or cult I assume.
Its interesting seeing all the same things being said about the new Chinese cars today and EV's which all the experts are telling us they're crap and wont last. I guess we will live through another country trying to push their crappy cars and new fad technology onto us and soon fail just like the Japanese market did!
Anyway, some weirdo once said "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it". Unsure if this applies here but hopefully people learn!
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