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Toyota And Nissan Admit Their American-Made Vehicles Aren't Up To Japanese Standards
(www.motor1.com)
Didn’t they already document this in Gungho with Michael Keaton?
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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Yes, that's how national standards work.
You also can't import a Japanese-made vehicle to the US until it's 25 or more years old because the safety specs are different.
And almost all US market vehicles are not up to Canadian standards - starting with the Canadian requirement to have driver adjustable headlight elevation trim...
That's just what they want you to believe. Cars have to be 25 years old before they can be imported, because Mercedes dealerships where butthurt about ⅕ beamers being imports four decades ago.
Technology connections on YouTube touched on it in a video, if I recall right domestic sales went up a couple percent for Mercedes dealerships, no where remotely close to +20%.
It used to be a thing where you could get a job driving brand new BMWs around Europe until it hit like 6,000km so they could be imported to the US cheaper as a "used" car.
Not only that but Toyota as an example does a lot to localize their products. So for example, a Toyota built in the Northern parts of North America will have better winterizing. Whereas a Toyota built in a coastal area like much of Japan will be resistant to salt water spray.
While OP is trying to imply that Toyota is selling crap to American's because they think Americans are so stupid they'll never noticed, the fact is that a car built for Japan will not last as long in America as a car built for Americans.
Then why doesn't Toyota and Nissan do something about it? It's their product, regardless of where it's made.
Also why are they shipping vehicles with software created for North America then acting like it's Americans faults that features don't work or only come in English, French and Spanish.
Sounds like they're making bad decisions and trying to blame it on cultural differences
The issue is when you build in North America, you have to deal with local parts suppliers for all parts and subassemblies. Then you have a problem of the North American culture of poor quality control and maximizing profit margins only. So you can have a great design, which works in Japan with Japanese suppliers, but then it falls apart with local parts makers in Canada and US. Some sub-assemblies cross the border 2-3X which just amplifies the typical shit quality of manufacturing in North America.
Welcome to capitalism everything you buys is the worst version someone can legally sell you for the most they can charge.
The imports are just to placate Trump around tariffs, and it's not worth it to them to improve all cars made in America
So they're warning any Japanese buyers that if they buy it, they're getting the lower quality models
They are probably only sending the bare minimum to make Trump happy. They don't want to sell American made cars and trucks in Japan, so they are doing it badly.
We don't need giant, dangerous, shitty trucks like that here.
40 years ago Alexi Sayle joked about moms driving giant Range Rovers to the shops.
I saw one of their trucks in the UK yesterday as a company vehicle and I'm mad about it. A Toyota Wildtrak. On a road, owned by an estate agent, and in one of the flattest countries in the world.
wait until they start taking their dogs around in the bed because they don't want to mess up their precious off-road interior
buncha nancy asses
America is a shit place to unload shitty shit on the dumb, insecure shitheads
Yeah, we noticed.