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Toyota And Nissan Admit Their American-Made Vehicles Aren't Up To Japanese Standards
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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Then why doesn't Toyota and Nissan do something about it? It's their product, regardless of where it's made.
Also why are they shipping vehicles with software created for North America then acting like it's Americans faults that features don't work or only come in English, French and Spanish.
Sounds like they're making bad decisions and trying to blame it on cultural differences
Saving face is a much bigger priority in japan than in the US, and since its americans working in the us, why even bother
The issue is when you build in North America, you have to deal with local parts suppliers for all parts and subassemblies. Then you have a problem of the North American culture of poor quality control and maximizing profit margins only. So you can have a great design, which works in Japan with Japanese suppliers, but then it falls apart with local parts makers in Canada and US. Some sub-assemblies cross the border 2-3X which just amplifies the typical shit quality of manufacturing in North America.
Don't forget having to pay a bunch of lazy Americans high wages vs hard working and loyal Japanese drones who get paid less. I'm not exaggerating, loyalty to your employer is huge in Japan.
Welcome to capitalism everything you buys is the worst version someone can legally sell you for the most they can charge.
The imports are just to placate Trump around tariffs, and it's not worth it to them to improve all cars made in America
So they're warning any Japanese buyers that if they buy it, they're getting the lower quality models
They are probably only sending the bare minimum to make Trump happy. They don't want to sell American made cars and trucks in Japan, so they are doing it badly.