American Manufacturing Issues

 Because of my involvement with Total Quality Management, I will NEVER buy another American made vehicle.

At the end of WWII, an American (Dr. Deming) was sent to Japan to help them build their war torn manufacturing base.  He taught them Statistical Process Control and how to systematically remove all the variation from the manufacturing process in order to build a high quality product.

Dr. Deming came back to this country and tried to teach the American car manufacturers the same concept but they refused to listen to him.

American manufacturing produces 2600 out of spec parts per million and Japanese manufacturing produces 1-3 out of spec parts per million.

This is the reason why I will never buy and American made vehicle.

Another reason for this decision is that there is a war waging in American manufacturing between management and labor.  This war revolves around the differences in salaries and it also revolves around the high amount of contempt that management has for labor.  This contempt comes from their lack of education, the way they talk and dress, and the behavior that they display while at work.

Consequently, I believe that labor pays management back by intentionally building less than quality products.

I heard through the grapevine not to buy a vehicle that was made on a Friday or a Monday.  On Fridays, all the worker cares about is the weekend and does not pay attention to their work.  On Mondays, the workers are still hung over from drinking all weekend and do not pay attention to their work.

Toyotas, Nissans, Hondas are all good cars to buy, but the repair costs are high for Nissans and Hondas but reasonable for Toyota.  Therefore, my money will always be spent on Toyota.

Currently, I own a 2015 Venza (top of the line) that I purchased after it had been leased a year.  It had less than 5000 miles on it, so it was like a new car.  Today, it has 85,000 miles on it and drives just like it did when I purchased it.

My next car will be a Toyota or a Lexus, again a leased car will be found.  I will never buy an EV or a hybrid unless they find some way of reducing recharging times and/or the cost of a replacement battery.