“America is capable of making very high quality highly durable products and we generally do”
Respectfully, beg to differ. Bought a ‘95 Ford Taurus. Unloaded it in 2001, even though it was paid off, and had every recommended maintainence item done. The fourth $500+ repair job in a year convinced me to buy a Honda, it is still in the family.
cars seem to be an exception. That being said, I still see American cars on the road that are 50+ years old. They tend to be chevrolet vehicles. I think the government has had a hand in the decreased durability of US automobiles too. A car could easily be made to last 50
+ years but they won’t do it.
Honda makes most of it’s cars for the US market in the USA.