why do japanese cars have better resale value?
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Both proven reliablility and an excellent perception of brand (ie good marketing) make the cars hold their value well.
I am not sure about the acura brand, but I would bet that at least some lexus car are made here as Toyota has one or two manufacturing plants here...
From what I understand the real reason the domestic car makers haven't caught up is because the japanese focused on constand improvement and quality long before domestic brands. It was only after japanese auto makers started taking market share that major brands like GM, Ford, etc began to at least start to focus quality and a brand reputation for quality. Unfortunately for the domestic brands because the japanese brands have never really stopped improving their quality and image, catching up is extremely difficult.
I am not sure about the acura brand, but I would bet that at least some lexus car are made here as Toyota has one or two manufacturing plants here...
From what I understand the real reason the domestic car makers haven't caught up is because the japanese focused on constand improvement and quality long before domestic brands. It was only after japanese auto makers started taking market share that major brands like GM, Ford, etc began to at least start to focus quality and a brand reputation for quality. Unfortunately for the domestic brands because the japanese brands have never really stopped improving their quality and image, catching up is extremely difficult.
A lot of it is due to quality, but that doesn't explain why the Germans have such good resale value as well..
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That and the domestics have more incentives making them cheaper to begin with and for some of the models the used car market is flooded with used rentals further lower the resale.
Now we need another 20 useless post from people saying how their such and such was a POS but there new such and such isn't.
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What you have is overpriced American cars that use "incentives" to bring their price down to a more reasonable level. Their values still tank afterwards because they are unreliable.
Check out what Consumer Reports (and their readers who fill out annual auto surveys) have to say about their cars. You'll notice the check marks for "Good Bet" (reliability + satisfaction = better than average) are the rule for Japanese cars and the exception for American cars.
Yeah, it's all about "perception". :roll:
we used to only buy ford and gm...
my parent's domestic cars never would pass 80k miles without
having one or multiple major issues with them
now..we have 1 acura, 2 hondas, and 1 toyota....they can break 130k
miles easy.
my parent's domestic cars never would pass 80k miles without
having one or multiple major issues with them
now..we have 1 acura, 2 hondas, and 1 toyota....they can break 130k
miles easy.
Fixed that for ya. American cars are JUNK, by and large. Couple that with the fact that gas is skyrocketing past $3 a gallon and we've *still* got Ford and GM on the air advertising "Our biggest SUV yet!!!" and you wonder why so many people cringe at the thought of an American branded car (which is just as likely to be built in Mexico or Canada, incidentally) as compared to Japanese cars.
American car companies are making the same mistakes today as they did in the 70's: selling gas-sucking pigmobiles while gas prices skyrocket and people go broke just trying to drive to work and back. If that shows you their intelligence, by God let them fall, burn and go belly up. It's what they deserve.
Jason
they're economic, reliable, and conventional.
the japanese cars have caught up the last 20 yeras, not the other way around.
the japanese cars have caught up the last 20 yeras, not the other way around.
I've got an old datsun with 348,000 miles on it...still has the original TIMING CHAIN on it. Only things I've ever changed are the clutch and the EGR valve, notwithstanding normal maintenance (filters/plugs/wires/cap & rotor).
I've also got a Daewoo, which, as it turns out, is 100% GENERAL MOTORS, and the piece of sh1t blew a head gasket at 85,000 miles with no warning. I didn't know when I bought it that it was GM, or you can rest assured I would NOT have bought it.
Jason
Acura TL's = Built in US
Acura EL's, MDX's = Built in Canada
Acura RL's, RSX's, TSX's = Built in Japan
Acura EL's, MDX's = Built in Canada
Acura RL's, RSX's, TSX's = Built in Japan
Perception of quality. People believe the Japanese cars are more reliable so they're willing to pay more. In reality, that hasn't been true since the '80s. My American cars have been very reliable.
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