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Re:Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker... by qclibre22 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:16AM (#34804038)
https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf... : "Toyota, Lexus, and BMW are the top three most reliable brands in our annual auto reliability brand rankings"

https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/consumer-reports-reliabil... : 5 of top 10 are Toyota

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Re:Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker... by switch007 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:23AM (#34804978)
BMW, number 3?! They must build them different in the US, surely.
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Re:Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker... by _huayra_ on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:26AM (#34806062)
BMW = "Bring My Wallet" because those multi-thousand $$$ shocks won't replace themselves for free after 4 years

In the US it seems like they're built to barely make it to the end of the leasing period and then implode. They're really going to town with the "snap-in" fittings for hoses in the engine because putting a metal hose clamp on seems to increase COGS I guess.

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Re:Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:35AM (#34806259)
> They're really going to town with the "snap-in" fittings for hoses in the engine because putting a metal hose clamp on seems to increase COGS

It's a labor saving thing. It's cheaper to design a fancy snap-together plastic connector once, buy a few million from overseas and than it is to have expensive first world labor tighten hose clamps.

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