build quality

[Larry C Leung]

The diff is, the sheetmetal of the Sube seems to be holding up (though
any door dings ALWAYS seem deeper on the Sube than the folks Taurus) just
fine except for behind the front wheels, bu the PAINT and plastics don't
keep their finish as well. 

LL - NY

On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 22:19:35 -0400 lee at wheelman.com (Lee M. Levitt)
writes:
>Larry wrote:
>
>> Not saying that Japanese cars are bad cars, nor am I saying that 
>they
>> won't run reliably for as long, but the quality of the finish and
>> materials just don't seem to hold up as well as the German cars, 
>though
>> I'd say they hold up as well as the 'Merican ones.
>
>There's a reason for this. Friend of mine was in the metals trading
>business, and he saw what kind of sheet stock the major manufacturers 
>were
>buying. Europeans were buying the highest quality, followed by the
>Americans, and then the Japanese. Better materials make better cars. 
>Doh. :)
>
>Lee
>