I'm interested in the US-made car market. I don't know much but something on my todo list to learn. I've heard good things about the US making good cars
Tldr we taught the Japanese how to make quality cars back in the day, they took those lessons and refined them further and further.
Meanwhile the US car companies got stuck with Harvard Business School MBAs doing value engineering and badge engineering that nearly sank the US car companies in the 70s and 80s vs the Japanese competition in terms of reliability and TCO.
So the US can make a few good cars for things like commercial adjacent vehicles, but mostly we play catch up to Japan IMHO.
Meanwhile the US car companies got stuck with Harvard Business School MBAs doing value engineering and badge engineering that nearly sank the US car companies in the 70s and 80s vs the Japanese competition in terms of reliability and TCO.
So the US can make a few good cars for things like commercial adjacent vehicles, but mostly we play catch up to Japan IMHO.