Subaru: Japan VERSUS US Assembly

There was a slight difference, I worked at a subaru franchise for 18
months the legacy classics built in Colorado were not finished as well
as the the new shape legacy from Japan, but this was only on tiny
things, both versions were mechanicaly + electricaly bomb proof, 4 years
on and things will have only got better

David Reid wrote: 

That must have been the first-generation Legacy, since the second and third
generation models have all come from Lafayette, Indiana (not Colorado).

It's difficult to make a correlation, because all the Impreza-based cars
(Impreza, WRX, STi, Outback Sport, Forester) are Japanese, and all the
Legacy-based cards (Legacy, Outback, Baja) are made in Indiana.



"metropolis" <fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote in
message news:bognms$uv0$svr.pol.co.uk... 

My US-built Legacy GT was largely problem-free. My Japan-built WRX has had one problem after another because of its shoddy build quality. That's not a statistically valid sample, but there you go.

Hi,
I have a feeling things changing. Quality is getting better here while
it's on the slide in Japan. They became complacent.
Tony

zippy wrote:
 

I would be interested if you could provide some evidence of your proposition. Or is it hear say?

Tony Hwang wrote:
 

On 7 Nov 2003 04:51:26 -0800, com (David
Reid) wrote:
 

Subarus are generally regarded as amongst the best built and most
reliable cars in the world and score highly in ownership satisfaction
surveys. There is. however, an impression given in this newsgroup -
probably false - that Subarus are problematic in the US. I suspect
that this is primarily because of a general tendency to complain,
blame, seek compensation and post about it to newsgroups amongst a
minority of US motorists. It might also have something to do with
driving and maintenance practices.

Another theory would be that US-assembled Subarus are not put together
as well as those which are built in Japan or that US dealerships don't
do as good a job in pre-delivery and servicing.....in which case you
would accept the same to be true of other high-quality Japanese brands
with US assembly facilities. I have no idea whether or not this is the
case.

I do know that in Europe the brands which are having real problems
with quality control and plummeting reputations are Mercedes, BMW and
Audi.

David Betts
org.uk

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 01:44:03 GMT, zippy <qnet> wrote:
 

Could you expand on this? Which exact STi, when did you get it, what
problems, how many miles, etc.?

....Ron

David Betts <org.uk> wrote in message news:<com>... 

David, once again, has nailed it. It's the complaining,
finger-pointing, litigious, whining, "ham-footed", neglectful American
drivers!
 

Ham-handed American dealers!
 

I believe ham-handed Americans are now building BMW's in South
Carolina. There goes the quality! But seriously, were BMW's _ever_
reliable?