Plastic / Composite Intake Manifolds

[ViPER1313]

Cars are disposable items, so manufacturers don't have to worry about much more than a 3 year warranty. Once they are old enough to become a problem, they will either be out warranty or so far removed from the original purchaser that the manufacturers won't really be impacted by it.

I really wonder how much this mindset pays off in the long run. 6 and 7 y/o cars make up a good portion of first cars / primary vehicles to younger people who cant afford to buy new, but later in life will make purchase decisions on new cars based off the reliability of the older cars they used to have. People buy a lot of new Hondas and Toyotas because of the reliability of cars they made 15 years ago. To me, it seems like certain manufacturers are shooting themselves in the foot 10 years down the road by cheeping out on things like cooling systems and intakes on cars made today.