U.S.A

inferior and over-priced

I am a PROUD AMERICAN who will now only purchase AMERICAN cars! 9/11 taught me alot, maybe too much. All I know is that you have to believe in your country in order for your country to thrive, evolve and prosper.UPDATE: I firmly believe in the quality of American cars.  They have come a long way and have surpassed cars from Japan in terms of quality, since many Japanese companies have rested on their laurels and are relying on their reputation on previously well-made cars to carry them into the future.  Try sitting in a 2009 Toyota Camry and you will see just one example of what I have said.

Domestic manufactures have had some serious quality issues in the past, but have addressed a lot of them. They are now building some great vehicles again. They are suffering from outdated perception, out of touch management, and being bled dry by the auto unions. While the quality is there now, business practices have to improve. They can no longer make the kind of decisions that led to job banks and paying workers that have been laid off for doing nothing. There is no way they can be competitive with programs like that adding to operating costs. Hopefully this will be addressed soon, especially if they are going to receive a bail out. Having said that for my money this is where the best cars, trucks, and vans are built.

Ooo, I love Toyotas. Its a shame that the big 3 do all their manufacturing in Mexico now, but at least they won't drag this rating down...

USA has dependable vehicles once again according to JD power, etc...( although I have never had many problems with them getting 250,000 with little or no repairs) I believe it is our duty as Americans to Support the country we live in, alot of true American jobs depends on it ( especially with our economy in turmoil) and with reliability honestly not an issue ther is no reason to turn your back on the USA.Toyota may have some vehicles made here but a majority of the money still goes overseas.  GOD BLESS AMERICA

I'm very dissappointed in the Ford that I recently purchased in terms of design, relibility and performance, but the price was quite reasonable.Oh my God!  Listen to me!  Before long I'll be rating Dog Food and Grizz!

It's not all that long ago that US cars were the pits, but now - dollar for dollar - many of them are among the best buys in the world.Check Consumer Reports reliability charts for potential lemons, regardless of where the car you like was made.

With maybe the exception of Chrysler whos qaulity was diluted by Daimler Benz. I drive a Ford F-150 XLT 4X4 and it is in all ways far supoerior then a Toyota Tundra. It amazes me to no end how Toyota has those commercials showing how a Tundra can pull climb and stop on a dime. It's called television. It's called editing. When that one Tundra goes to the edge of the platform and come to a stop you don't think there is a cable hooked up so that the truck and driver don't go flying over the edge? Watch that add very carefuly and you will see it has some wheel hop as the tension on the cable stops it ot the brakse. Also one last thing. If you look real close to the one where they put the truck on the see saw you will notice in the background a whole slew of F-150 250 and 350's in the background

US cars overall are exellent I've got a 2000 pontiac sunfire with 350,000km and is still running great!

I believe it is one's patriotic duty to buy an American car. All the claptrap about foreign cars being superior is rubbish. A Porsche is better than a Chevy Cavalier, but you pay for that. Every American car I bought has had a good record in terms of Mean Time Between Failures. In other words, they are reliable and I have never had an on-road breakdown. I prefer GM products over Chrysler (poorer fit and finish, from my dad's 1962 Plymouth to the 1996 Jeep that had a door hinge and an engine mount fail) and Ford (more personal reasons about the founder that maybe somebody like Ridgewalker knows what I'm talking about).

Look at the total number of cars produced annually in the US compared to Germany, Sweden and Japan. The quality problem, now finally being addressed at a truly glacial pace, is American unions. I don't expect the auto industry to ever again enjoy the prominence it once held but as the "big 3" shed plant after union plant in favor of non-union suppliers (like Federal Mogul, Dana, Visteon, Delphi, Magna, etc.) US competitiveness will gradually return. It's easy to denigrate them as arrogant and bloated but, in their day, GM, Ford and Chrysler did this country proud quality-wise and made their employees affluent. Take your potshots now, while they're down but they led the world for a long time. And let me know when another country (besides the US) actually produces more than 10 million vehicles in a year.

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Let's face it, without the small minded "Buy American" mentality, the Japanese would have buried the big three in the early '80's. The U.S. auto industry is a dinosaur - it's almost as if people really believed that the high times would last forever and made no effort to innovate or remain competitive. It is a microcosm of the decline of the American Empire as we know it.

The Japanese can make almost anything better than its originator, but some American cars are just as good as Toyotas, Nissans, Mazdas, etc. My Pontiac Grand AM GT is no worse than anything the Japs put out. It's fun to drive, feels solid and has good looks. I remember my 10th-grade English teacher prophesying in 1965 that nothing stays at the top forever, and he mentioned that General Motors will one day be replaced as the preeminent automaker. The UAW saw to that. UAW workers drained the company like the bloodsuckers they are, and GM still owes billions in exorbitant retirement pay. GM needs to trim its brands and concentrate on two at the most. Oldmobile is gone but more need to be jettisoned. It's called streamlining and focus. Look at Nissan, which has only two brands, and Toyota, which has only three. Honda has two. Today's NY Times article on that new auto plant up in Dundee, MI, makes me think the Big Three are finally getting it. Check it out if you haven't read it: "Carmakers'... Read more

Start listening to your customers.

I like German stuff in sedans, but the American suvs and pickups take USA to the top.

There were quite a few years a ways back when US vehicles we way below par. But they've recovered and now are as formidable as the others once were.

I would rate it a five because they have just about caught up to the Japaneese as far a quality. The -2 is for Chrysler and all the crap they make.

USA makes damn good muscle cars. I used to own a '91 Chevy Camaro RS and loved that car. It was a beast.

Look,I love my country but I'm not going to spend my money on a piece of junk car just because it was made in the U.S. That's the reason why during the mid 80's to mid 90's I didn't own a U.S car.

Look, while Japanese vehicles generally are more reliable and my post under Japanese vehicles shows what a fan I am of several models, Japanese automakers have not yet produced a vehicle that can perform all the tasks my 1985, gas guzzler, 4x4 Suburban can. So long as GM keeps making 350 parts and I can keep the frame clean from rust, it will last about forever and that's a fact! Oh, and what you all spend on finance charges alone in a year is enough to insure, fuel, and maintain my truck. Think about that for a minute before bashing the Big Three!

Finally crawling out of the hole created by the 80's and early 90's. Who could forget those Chrysler K-Cars of the 80's? Is ANYONE driving a car from the 80's?

making a comeback, FINALLY.

A ot of variables to consider. Because of the broad range of cars produced in the US (everything from low-end Chevys to Corvettes, plus SUVs of all descriptions), I rate US cars as OK, or middle-of-the-road on average. There are some really good vehicles, but if you've ever driven some of the cheaper entry-level cars, they have no guts, tend not to last very long, and bring down the average rating for the overall product. We also produce too many gas-guzzlers, and have a penchant for doing too many trendy things to capture a share of the market (i.e., badging a GM truck as a Cadillac SUV, so that some snob - or maybe idiot - can show how smart they are by driving a truck and a Cadillac at the same time. Brilliant! I hope that none of the raters I like are driving Escalades (or whatever they are called).

Gotta put your patriotism aside on this. The Japanese dominate in automobile reliability. An unbiased Consumer Reports clearly reveals this, year after year. American cars fill very few slots at the top of most of their ratings categories.

American cars have really improved over the last decade or so. They used to be terrible on gas, too clunky, and break down completely after about 100 000 miles. I won't vouch for SUV's, which are evil creations, but cars made in the USA are really getting better. I think that American manufacturers realized that people want quality, reliability, and longevity more than they want power, size, and Americanness. Good for them, Ford and Chevy especially. SUV's and Humvees should be banned, though, except maybe for military usage.

I certainly wouldn't buy a domestic today despite their improvements. If I won a domestic car I'd probably sell it or give it away. I'd just like to add that the domestics sell in large numbers because of heavy discounting/incentives and sales to fleets and rental car companies. Therefore, while Ford and Chevy do sell in large numbers such numbers are unfairly skewed by the fact that the domestics have the capacity and leverage to dump unwanted cars onto the market at bargain prices. Toyota and Honda sell cars based on merit, not merely on price as per the domestics. And Lord knows its about time Chevy and Ford redo their lineups. We've been stuck with the same old Cavalier for the past decade now. Even if Ford and Chevy redo their lineups now they are just playing catch-up with the Japanese. Its gonna be a tough task to stop the market share slide of the Big Three. That's the truth and you know it.

Believe it or not, but both Chevy and Ford are about to redo almost all of thier vehicles after taking a break in the 90's. Chevy is already bringing in 10 new vehicles while Ford is going to update all of its cars as well. Ford has the best seller lists in just about every category. If these were as bad as they are rated here on RIA, they wouldn't be the worldwide best sellers.