[Mim]

This all kinda reminds me of Dell Corporation. For much of my 20 odd years in IT, Dell has been part of that journey, whether being the chosen brand for the servers on the back end or front end client machines like desktops and laptops.

In the start their quality was so-so being an average mish mash of various brands for internal components, but I remember their service and warranty management being top of the game and that's the angle that got their foot in the corporate door. Large business does not care about quality they care about up time, so if the inevitable failures were promptly dealt with, everyone was happy.

These day's I regard Dell PC's very favorably. Their quality has improved, spec's are great and ease of purchase and warranty are still great. That brings me back to cars. At the end of the day I honestly don't care where my car is made. I just want a well screwed together product, by a company that has proper quality control and invests in solid R&D for their chosen models.

If it came down to say an average component made in the assembling country or a higher quality component for the same price, but sourced from another part of the world, I'd rather the higher quality one.

My IT experiences have helped me come to terms with every car being a Frankenstein mishmash of parts a very long time ago. I don't think this is a negative thing though, far from it. Its always been survival of the fittest that pushes each component manufacturer to stay on top of their own R&D and quality control.

The way I see it in the end is quality components assembled in a quality plant passing through many layers of quality control from the tiniest bolt and screw to a fully assembled car with the only regulating factor being price point. For the price point the twins were designed and manufactured to live I'm over the moon happy with their quality.