LOL, its funny how you guys worship the jap cars as if they were idols or some shit. most of you probably never drove an american car in the past 20 yrs because, yeah they were shit at one point. I work for a jap company that makes interiors for Nissan and I can tell you that none of these jap cars that are sold here are jap anymore. They are all designed and engineered here, like in the case of toyota, nissan and honda, by mostly american engineers and designers, and pretty much either built here or in china or mexico. Same as any of the american cars.
I might have some bias here because im a Detroit boy which both parents and other family worked for the big 3, and my wifes family too and of course I have access to discounts and shit. But I find the jap cars to all look the same and boring their styling is shit, for instance like I said I work for nissan and I find all of their models to be shit looking except one that is serviceable, the rogue.
Oh and BTW, I dont know about honda or Toyota, but my company that does interiors for Nissan, Is behind in technology and materials that they use in interiors by about 20 yrs. In talking about shit like soft skin IP, the foaming technology, etc.. ITs one of the downfalls the Japs have is when its not broke dont fix it or dont advance. One of the funny one liners we have at our company is "Same as" where they always tell us make it same ass xxxx was. We also constantly dismantle american cars at our shop to see what advancments they are making in interiors and just essentially copy new shit they come up with.
But it all comes down to the unions IMO, which are still holding back the big three. Its good shit, good engineering, leaders in the field, bar none, but the unions which make and install the shit are still the same old, "dont work too hard because youre messing up our quotas", bullshit. In which the jap companies dont deal with that shit. Its essentially how it should be, do your fucking job or your ass is fired.
