I just don’t understand why the other makers cannot make an engine like that. You’d think they would enjoy the reputation that goes with it.
I had a Dodge Dart with a slant 6. Got it from my father in law. I would still be driving it if some drunk on a three wheel motor bike didn't crash into the front at 40 mph. (Car was parked)
Honda does.
And has the rep to go with it.
267,000 miles on my 2.0 VTEC Civic Si - almost broken in.
Manufacturing tolerances today are far more stringent now.. at least one more '0'. Materials are better. Fuel injection means less blow-by and less gas washing away ring lube. They are balanced to specs that would have been only dreamed of in the olden days.
Although I truly detest the bulbous turd look of newer cars, most engines today are quite capable of 300,000+ happy miles. (I was going to say between overhauls, but they don't seem to be made for that, since they seem to have pared away any extraneous metal. So, use'em up!) Go Diesel!