Originally Posted by Trav
It is no strawman. Most cars in Germany are Euro cars where do you get this 4% failure number for German cars sold in Germany. Sorry I don't agree with your conclusions especially the 50% number. Where did you get these numbers, please post a link.
Compared to what? Hyundia and Kia with blown bottom ends, Nissans that suck the broken cat into the cylinders, GM V6 timing chain issues, Ford spark plug issues, GM LIM failures, GM V8 with failed oil pickup o ring and have low oil pressure, Subaru HG issues, Toyota sludge, Honda VCM and ring issues, etc, etc. They are all engine failures and every company has them to some extent, some defects are just worse than others.
It's a strawman you can Google engine failure rates by brand and you will find correlating data. The exact failure data rate I had to find and I'm not going to disclose the paper because I signed an agreement the exact figures are for academic research but what is disclosed is surprising. Germany has done a well job marketing its complex engineering and manufacturing but somewhere from design to production something is failing.
It is no strawman. Most cars in Germany are Euro cars where do you get this 4% failure number for German cars sold in Germany. Sorry I don't agree with your conclusions especially the 50% number. Where did you get these numbers, please post a link.
Compared to what? Hyundia and Kia with blown bottom ends, Nissans that suck the broken cat into the cylinders, GM V6 timing chain issues, Ford spark plug issues, GM LIM failures, GM V8 with failed oil pickup o ring and have low oil pressure, Subaru HG issues, Toyota sludge, Honda VCM and ring issues, etc, etc. They are all engine failures and every company has them to some extent, some defects are just worse than others.
It's a strawman you can Google engine failure rates by brand and you will find correlating data. The exact failure data rate I had to find and I'm not going to disclose the paper because I signed an agreement the exact figures are for academic research but what is disclosed is surprising. Germany has done a well job marketing its complex engineering and manufacturing but somewhere from design to production something is failing.
