[brownsfan]

“American car quality is world class now.”

Don’t get carried away. Two anecdotes:

The guy down the street leases his cars. He had a Ford Fusion. A few weeks ago, he had a new Camry. I asked him about it. He said the Fusion was ok, but had a lot of little problems, more than he would expect for that class of car, so he moved on to Toyota.

Another neighbor buys fleet trucks for a company. They have about 50 I think. Up until now, they’ve bought Ford F150s. Apparently, the new F150s have significant problems, especially the transmissions. His company is switching to Toyota Tundras. By the way, this guy drives a 2 year old Focus, and he told me the mileage is good, but the ride is not, and the road noise is terrible.

[Charles Martel]

The guy down the street leases his cars. He had a Ford Fusion. A few weeks ago, he had a new Camry. I asked him about it. He said the Fusion was ok, but had a lot of little problems, more than he would expect for that class of car, so he moved on to Toyota.

Ford Fusion = Mazda 6.