Toyota uses Ford Trucks to produce their commercials :).

[Jeff]

I think the American companies are bringing back the quality quicker then the Japanese companies can advance their products. Its seems to me that he gap is closing rapidly and its only a matter of time before people begin to realize that the "OMG TOYOTA, (NISSAN, MAZDA, HONDA, whatever) QUALITY!" does not mean as much as it did not even 5 years ago.

Agreed

And another thing, as sad as it sounds, Japanese companies' American built products blow in comparison to their Japanese built counterparts.

They are making the same mistakes that American companies have been making for years, trying to put quantity before quality. You can only ride "American made" for so long.

Toyota is discovering the same thing that DCX, Ford, and the General have known for years. This is why "My Toyota was made in American" can be only said for a few models. Its prohibitively expensive to build cars here. To build cars in America a car company must cut costs elsewhere to make up for the ridiculous pay rates and benefits demanded by the unions. Also, American employees are not as dedicated to quality as others. So you end up with a car that costs more to build that has lesser quality for a number of reasons all related to the place of manufacture.

I never had a problem from my Mexican assembled, Japanese powered, "American" Chrysler Sebring...and the Canadian made interior was comfy to...