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Akio Toyoda, Chairman of the board of directors at Toyota wearing a red MAGA hat and Trump-Vance T-shirt
Because unlike Elon Musk, his company has to sell actually trucks to make money. So if this means pandering to hicks, then so be it.
And by avoiding the EV craze, he was embattled at Toyota and yet saved the company billions in losses, while taking a huge market share with hybrids.
Every Subaru owner I've spoken to loves their car... But then half of them report back that they regret their purchase when the engine blows out.
And a buddy of mine who runs an auto shop told me that buying a Subaru is like tossing a coin: heads you get a great car that lasts for years and hundreds of thousands of miles, tails you get a complete lemon. And there's not much in between.
This is also what many Lemmy folks told me the last time I asked about recommended cold weather all wheel drive used cars to consider. Also that quality has declined.
So oops all toyota
So, I see Toyota, expensive Toyota, and Subaru.
I'm a bit of a Toyota fanboy, I own a 2008 Tundra I bought new that's been the best vehicle I've owned, however the new one has not been fairing well in the reliability department (the new engine has issues). I have heard from a few sources (one personal friend) that Toyota quality has dropped the last decade too. If that's the case, what does that say about the others below these three?
You can still be best even if the "whole" group's quality/reliability is going down I guess.
I have two, 9 years old each. I don't remember where the dealership is. But, those cars are not festooned with screens and computerized bullshit like new ones.
2007 Tundra here. Represent 🤜🤛.