CAR BRANDS

[Brakeman]

I work in the automotive sector and deal with almost all of the manufacturers. Quality varies by design and by manufacturer. What most fail to realize is that Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota and the others barely do the painting on the outside. All the parts for these cars are sub-contracted out to several manufacturers depending on the component. My company makes brakes and we are now one of the biggest brake manufacturers in the industry and we periodically swap model year awards like cards among our competition. Thus, I can tell you that the brakes for a 2015 Ram 2500 is being made by a low price company with marginal engineering that would have a great deal of customer complaints but the 2015 Chevy Silverado 2500 is made by a different brake company with both better design performance and manufactured to with a much higher level of precision, BUT in 2017 the producers may switch depending on the companies' bean counters. Almost all of the major components of a car or truck are like this.

My favorite brand is Daihatsu. I had a standard gas car that got 59 to 60 Miles per Gallon.
I own two Ford trucks, one of which should be in the hall of fame for the most piss-poorly designed vehicle. (1997 F150)
I also own a pretty good Honda.