Our newest car is a 2012 Toyota product. It may have a few bells and whistles, and the dreaded tire pressure sensors. Fortunately they are not an inspection item. All In all, the 2.4 l engine/ automatic transmission combo is peppy. I’ll run it till it breaks in half!
It seems like more and more cars around 2019-20 really started shifting to more plastic parts under the hood, and by that i mean parts that used to be metal.
2012 japanese like yours, hadn’t really started doing that yet. I have a 2013 suv and its probably one of the most solid and reliable vehicles I have ever had. I will drive it probably until one of us dies.