You have to be careful a bit.
A lot of Toyota’s are made in Kentucky.
My new Hyundai was made in Alabama.
BUICK is made in CHINA or S. Korea.
MAZDA is made in JAPAN.....probably a good pick for quality and reliability..
I Loved my fully loaded 2010 Mazda 6....unfortunately back then it was built in a UAW Ford Mustang plant and thing broke....like the fob system and the Bose amplifier.
Otherwise a great car until the giant dumptruck side swiped it.
Ugh
Most new Mazda’s now come from Japan and look reallly nice, great colors and styling.
If not for the 5K in savings on my new/used 2022 mint 28K miles top of the line/ fully loaded Tucson (black) :) with a super warranty i just picked up 9 hours ago i def would have gone Mazda..
I buy only new cars since 1964 Corvair. It was wonderful in Chicago’s snow and ice with amazing traction without snow tires. However the air-cooled rear mount engine was breaking v-belts regularly. Traded in for an Chevy Impala which was very nice car, but I moved 35 miles away from work so traded in for a Chevy Nova. After driving that car for 160,000 miles, it was starting to rust but without any mechanical breakdowns. Chicago winters are brutal on rusting cars from all the salt they spread in winter. All next cars were mostly GM, with one Ford product and one Dodge conversion van. That van was great to drive all over the country with wife, 2 kids and a dog. The most fun to drive car was Pontiac G5. Most rect new car is Chevy Trax SUV type, not a rubber burner but seats high which is good for visibility.
If I total up all the money I have spent on repairs (excluding routine maintenance), it is less than $1000 from 1954 through 2025. All American name plate cars.