I'm talking about a different quality. Kinda like my old 98 Civic LX, the car had 112K miles on it and ran perfect. car never had any issues outside of the exhaust rusting out.
car ran great. but it was still a dinky little pieced together car that felt like shit.
My problem with American cars is they're even worse when it comes to build quality and just how the car feels as a whole. I've NEVER been in an american car that felt really well built. Before buying the TL I checked out the Caddies. It looked and felt like walmart brand clothes with the tags removed and a nice brand name placed on top of the old logo. No thanks!
Sorry, I'm still going to disagree. We will take my `98 Sentra for example, same year as your Honda. To me, that feels like a cheap car. The brakes are horrible, multiple sensors have broken, heater fan resistor card broke, rusts from the inside out and handles bad compared to the Hondas and GM's I've had. Its only got 98k on it too.
My fiance looked at a couple cars and ended up buying a G6. Made in America, bigger, good on gas for a v6, great on trips, handling isn't bad, acceleration isn't bad, cushy seats and with the sales and incentives got more for her dollar.
Heck, alot of GM, Ford and Toyota parts are made and tested in the same plants. The Delphi plant I used to work at manufactured and engineered hvac parts for gm and toyota and also did the wind tunnel testing on them. I think its just all opinion. I don't like Toyotas linup, won't buy a Nissan again, don't car for most European, like most gm cars, most chysler, and Hondas.