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Old 12-23-2016, 09:28 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
You are making some very sweeping assumptions based on myth and biased reporting. If you think that all Japanese management is perfect you would be wrong. They have their share of bad management just like everybody else. It just doesn't make headlines here like when a top level Ford or GM guy screws up. There was a day 25 years ago or so when indeed the Japanese management systemsruled. It took all of about 2 years for all the other companies to catch up and put those same systems in place. They no longer have that edge.
I assure you that urban legend aside even the Mexican plants have the same level of quality control as the ones in Japan. People seem to picture Japanese plants as this wonderful fairyland of automotive technology while Mexican plants are a shack out in the desert. This is not true anymore (it was once back in the 80s) and if I took you in a plant and didn't tell you what country you are in you would probably never be able to tell. In fact many of the plants in Japan are aging and showing it whereas plants in Mexico, China and even India are brand new state of the art facilities.
I know this will not go over well on a forum populated by people that adhere to the whole "Japanese cars rule the world" mythos but it just does not fly anymore.
As a side note, i would rather have a mexican vw gti than a german one. Seem to be improving and more solid each year they
Pop out one from Puebla

Plus mexican girls are hotter
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