I was on vacation with my wife, brother and sister in law in Florida and we rented a Taurus. It broke down on the way out of the rental agency. We went back and they gave us another Taurus. This one caught on fire on the way out of the rental agency! Luckily we all got out OK. When I went back to the agency I demanded they give us anything but a Taurus.
One clue about an American car's quality is the constant need to change the car's name. Accord and Civic have been around almost forever, while names like Fairlane, Galaxey, Tempo, Mystique, Pinto, Fiesta, Granada, Monarch, Countour, Comet, Falcon, on and on have been changed to confuse the American public.