>> Only the Japanese figured out how to >>make the automobile a truly reliable vehicle for the mass public. > >Uh can we say, 1938 or so, the Beetle? Same design 50 years, hundreds >of thousands of miles each, rust no worse than and pre '90 Japanese >car. >Certainly a reliable car buy the mid 60's by any standards if given >even >moderate care. Now creature comforts of course weren't ever so hot. > How about the Austin/Morris/BL Mini, introduced 1959, still in production. Outsold the VW Beetle. A reliable car , yes, even with the Lucas electrics. Only problem - rust, I seem to remember that afflicted Hondas pretty badly too. |
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