Why Are Some Cars Reliable? And Some Are Not. Some Fun and Some Are Not?

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Do you ever wonder why some cars are reliable and some are not? Some cars are fun and some are not? Some cars have a lot of technology and some don't?

In this video we break down car manufacturer visions into 4 categories for you to know why things are the way they are with cars.

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0:00 Intro
1:04 Longer Term Cars at a Cost
5:12 Exciting and Innovative at a Cost
8:19 Mid-Grade at a Cost
11:03 Cost Over Everything Except Function
13:21 Conclusion
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25 years working for a domestic manufacturer. A big difference is company culture. At my company everyone was in training to become CEO. If you stayed in the same job for more than 2 years you were a loser. In contrast, at Toyota an engineer might do the same job for their entire career, but they were damn good at it. They knew every past issue with their part and every model has the same part or a slightly modified version of that same design. At my company every model had a fresh part design even for a mundane part, with the associated learning curve (warranty costs).
At Toyota the program manager is the same from one generation to the next. At my company a program manager might do pick up trucks one cycle and move to a sports car the next. So, consistency of vision was constantly shifting. In short, company culture plays a big part.

tgriebe
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As the GM chairman once said, we are not in the business of making cars, we are in the business of making money. That works in the short term…

richarddobreny
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79 y/o female here. Bought a friends 2004 Toyota Camry in 2019 when she passed. It had 75, 000 miles and cost me $2500.00. Put on new tires, had oil and transmission fluid changed and only major done was water pump which is weak part of car. I absolutely love it. I also have a young local mechanic who had no problem when I brought dealer part for replacement. Dealer parts said new water pump had been completely redesigned and will probably outlive me. I drive short stop and go and have my oil changed every 6 months. Dealer emails me about every 4 months to get me to sell my car to them so they can resell for 2 to 3 times what they paid. I pray that when I go that someone will total my car when I'm in it so I don't have to go out and pay what they want for used cars now and which I can't afford! lol

darlenedavis
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My favorite are the people that buy a Toyota or Lexus, put less than 80, 000 miles on it, then decide they want the latest and greatest, or are worried about the reliability of their "high mileage" car that is out of warrenty, and sell it to me cheap. To them I say, thank you for breaking in the engine and taking the 2/3rds depreciation hit for me. 😆

cenccenc
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I worked for a large US company. We were designing a product with a Japanese supplier. When the drawings were mostly done the Japanese company wanted to change some of the drawings to make the parts easier to produce and inspect. Basically they wanted to optimize the drawings for manufacturing. They were going to do the changes on their dime so we said to go ahead. Later after the drawings were optimized our US company managers and bean counters were upset because the extra drawing changes looked bad on their charts and metrics. It was more important for the bosses to look good than to be good.

dalefrolander
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When we first immigrate here, my brother and his friends bought American’s made cars like pontiac 6000, pontiac bonnervillre, Sunbird, Eagle primere, ford tempo, Tempest etc. They realy love their cars because it’s their fitst time ownig a car. They always maintain and took care their car like a baby to them. But they had a lot of machanical problems and keep going back to the shop so they bought Japanies made cars and never looked back.

reaksmeymaranda
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When I think of companies like GM, Ford and Chrysler/Ram/Jeep, my general opinion is that they are only concerned with this sales quarter, doing whatever they can to maximize profit now. They mostly only put their vehicles together in factories, they don’t actually make most of the parts. So they squeeze their parts suppliers to make the parts less expensive (again to maximize their profit) and that’s one reason why they break, fall apart, wear out sooner etc. It doesn’t matter if they can’t make a vehicle as reliable as a Toyota, or if they just choose not to. They don’t, and that’s why their vehicles are often nailed to the showroom floor.

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In the 90s I worked for a circuit board manufacturer. We made parts for all the major auto makers. Same factory. Same manufacturing lines. Same raw materials. The difference? Tolerances were tighter on the brands we all know for reliability. So circuits were less prone to shorts or stack up tolerance defects. Also the tooling used for stamping had to be maintained in shorter intervals. Say a tool for a Japanese brand had to be sharpened every 10000 hits where the American brand went to hits.

jrosado
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Cars are such an emotional thing and an extension of one's personality. It always amazes me how some folks who are barely getting by will drive an expensive flashy car and some wealthy folks will drive a boring conservative car.

rjobrien
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I appreciate your ability to have a nuanced discussion on this issue. Most people say there is one way that is “the best” and everything else is junk. Highlighting the pros and cons of each approach is appreciated.

tkdguide
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*The Toyota Way*

"Base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term financial goals."

*Kaizen* - The principle of continuous improvement.
*Hansei* - Continuous reflection.
*Jidoka* - Quality takes precedence.

peteroleary
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Cars are like humans, some are honest and some are greedy crooks.

niacalnia
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While deployed overseas, we had a fleet of Toyotas, Mitsubishi and Nissan SUVs. We drove them from 4-5, 000 miles a month on some of the worst roads in that region. I returned to the US with a much greater respect and my view on these "rice burners" After my long research on reliability, maintenance and resale value, I chose Toyota and Hondas. I can only hope Toyota and Honda do not forget their roots and their fan base. I'm reading too many negative comments on these newer Toyotas and Honda (i.e. turbocharged engines) Excellent post as always AMD.

jamram
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I live in Canada & was talking to a guy that works at a local oil change place. I was telling him about you & he said he has seen you on YouTube. You are becoming really popular. Thanks for all the videos.

enajenaj
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You are so good at explaining things in plain English for dummies like me!

KabirKhan-ivkc
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As a tech, I think a huge factor for reliability is user friendliness re: repairs. Whether at a shop or the customer wants to do their own repairs, the harder it is to do basic maintenance on a vehicle the longer it may go undone, resulting in failure to the point where all repairs outweigh the value. Looking at you, Nissan...

ISTGTIWWGGNBNK
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Economist here. Another unintended consequence of the high-end fun advance category, is accelerated depreciation from leasing. Consumers prefer to lease and buy only the best and first part of the car. This floods the used car market with those models.

TheInnerParty
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I always say that there is a difference between quality/fit and finish and reliability. You can have an extremely well-made car that is not reliable, and you can also have a cheap feeling car that is very reliable - and everything in between. So we must know the difference, and as you say, different car companies focus on different areas and "mixes" of quality/fit and finish and reliability. It's all about priorities. If we need to have the latest technology, then reliability will be sacrificed because it has not been tested for years in real scenarios. If our customer's do not need the latest technology but want reliability, then we can de-prioritize tech and use older, tried and true methods. There is no perfect car, and as you say at the end there, it's all about finding a vehicle that fits your needs, budget and requirements.

tobias_dahlberg
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I think that how meticulous you are in preventative maintenance is a primary factory in how reliable your car is. I have always bought cars below what I can afford and kept the $$ difference as a rainy day fund for unforseen repairs & then try to be fanatical about routine maintenance, including wrenching on then myself for simple things that are within my capability, and informing myself on service intervals and such. So far, I've been lucky and this approach has worked for me - domestic, foreign & exotic cars.

tomc
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Best video ever! You have summed up the whole car industry in a 15 minute video

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