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02-06-2019, 11:08 AM | #603 |
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May many many many parts are built in Mexico now. More than people would ever believe. Even components for the assemblies in the Japanese and German dream machines. The distrust of Mexican parts is more cultural than reality based. Same applies to the big company plants in China.
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To a certain extent that may be true but there are minute variation in assembly and craftsmanship that may appear apparent due to the location and people (culture plays a part here) of the different factories. It's just something I've seen repeatedly over the years in all kinds of products.
Not saying Made in Japan is bulletproof but most of the time it's right at the top in terms of quality control. The JDM version even more meticulous made than the export version of the same product (unfortunately you will have to spend sometime living in Asia to know this and see with your own eyes). For example I don't know if you have examined the fit and finish of Honda products coming out of Alliston and Ohio compare to Japan in the 90's it was so apparent to the point of hilarious. Anyway if this engine is so modified by Toyota you would have thought they could convinced BMW to add a dipstick with minimal plastic. |
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If they make things different for the JDM market than they do for export then they are violating their own systems and are therefore no more reliable in quality than something made elsewhere.
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So, what you are saying is they have different quality standards based on the destination of the product, not based on the workers. That feeds directly into what @Tcoat was saying as well.
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For the longest time it was pretty common knowledge that for the same product Made in Japan, they keep a higher QC (let's say @ 98%) for domestic consumption since their own population has a low tolerance for defects. While the ones made that resulted in slightly lower quality (let's say @ 95%) will be destined for export, since they know it'll still be made better than competing foreign made products. After the 2008 crash and during that Toyota unintended acceleration debacle, I think the word got out that the Japanese factories started hiring young part time workers to fill the line that could care less about craftsmanship which irked alot of the older workers whose primary focus was on quality. |
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Newly made products fresh off the assembly line, and that's the whole point they know the westerners will think this way anyway and cannot detect or care about the 3% difference.
Well my original comment was really based on @funwheeldrive's comment. Maybe you're right these days it no longer matters much due to the global supply chain (we've touched on this lots of times here in the past). If it says Made in Japan, for sure a lot of components are manufactured elsewhere like Thailand, Taiwan, China, Philippines, etc. But Japan has come a long way since the US Occupied Japan days where my grannies would not touch their stuff with a 10 feet pole in the 50's and early 60's (the old "Japanese Alarm Clock" joke for something that's wonky). I gotta say there is a certain allure to a product that is made in the brand's country of origin. The question then is why would you make a flagship product outside of your own country? |
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The Supra will have the same engine and transmission as the car I am driving right now. Even before I tuned my car it never felt like it needed more power and (I hate admitting this, first sporty car I've ever owned without a manual) the transmission is amazing does its job better than I ever did myself with a stick. The Supra is going to way 200+lbs less than my car, have a better weight distribution, and better suspension setup. Saying its under powered before driving it is jumping to conclusions. |
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You're right. When I was younger I used to build my own but for some reason I would only do so at night.
They were nocturnal transmissions.
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