[jacquesm]

That may well be so, Japanese cars had an absolutely terrible reputation for being rustbuckets in the 70's so they had to do something about it. Given the number of them that were manufactured the fact that they are so rare today is as far as I know uniquely due to the rust problem.

[petre]

Mazdas are still rustbuckets today.

[kube-system]

Mazda mostly sorted out their rust issues by the 2010s depending on model. A couple decades late, but they're pretty good now.

[Forgeties79]

Isn't the Mazda 3 a really, really popular and pretty well-regarded car?

[petre]

Yeah, it's a good car. Until it rusts. Supposedly they've fixed the rust problems in the new Skyactiv models, but I'd be weary of any Mazda before 2018.

[Forgeties79]

Oh so you mean it quite literally - that's it's very rust prone.

[jacquesm]

Interesting! Any information on what they did wrong?