Large amounts of spare parts made? Manufacturing process? Design differences?
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Adding to other answers, one big thing is the contrast in quality. Chrysler is synonymous in the United States with low quality. Toyota is the opposite. Some tin foil hat theories I’ve heard which I kinda sorta believe is that American car companies are catering more to the rental and lease industries. Make a car that will last well until 60k miles or so. Right after the rental companies sell the car or people return their leases.
Economically it makes a ton of sense. You sell more cars this way. For a owners perspective it sucks. Many people buy cars with the intent of using it until the car dies or have reason to upgrade. These people buy cars maybe once a decade and on top of that, they tend to buy used. So that’s why you see resell value on quality cars to be so much higher on brands like Honda and Toyota versus Nissan and Chrysler.
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