WTF Japan

[benfu]

As you know, I work at AAA in dispatch, and some of my friends are infatuated with Japanese cars.  Do you know what region of vehicle I get the most calls from?  JAPANESE CARS.  They're horrible.  When Civic's suspension gives out, the car will rock back and forth when you hit the brakes.  Factory turbo-charged models get blown head gaskets in a matter of 2 years.  And now, we have more "Japanivations" coming out this year.


So here we have the latest from Toyota, the FJ Cruiser:



OMG, IT'Z TEH LIEK SO ORIGINALZ DAWG



 

Nissan on the other hand is playing with the big boys in the pick up truck sales.  What's hilarious is their marketing strategies.

For instance, they raised the horsepower in the Titan to 317, up 12 from last year, but dropped it 5 ft. pounds of torque from 390 down to 385.  Why, may you ask?  Just to say that the Titan has the most horsepower of any truck in it's class on the TV advertisements.  That being, the 4wd, unleaded, entry level full size pickups.  But this would be a lie.  The Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie, compartively priced, carries a hemi producing 345 HP.  And the first arguement will be "Oh, but it uses a hemi.  No way a domestic could get that much horsepower out of the engine!"  Alright, let's take away the DOHC on the Titan and see what's left.

Take away 4wd, and a comparatively priced Chevy Silverado SS also carries the same horsepower naturally aspirated.

I'd like to say more about the Titan as far as super-duty diesels and duallies, but THEY DON'T EXIST.


Then there's this asonine thing they call a midsize truck, the "Frontier".  It used to be a midsize truck, but now?



They're marketing THIS as a midsize truck!  This isn't midsize, this is an excuse to put a V6 in a fucking whale of a truck!  What's better is that you either get the V6, or you get a 2.5L straight four that produces marginally better HP than a baseline FORD FOCUS, in THAT TRUCK!




This topic will be continued, as I'm too tired to think of anything else.

[Chris]

Those FJ cruisers are ugly as fuck. I pass one every day in the dark on the ride home from work. I could never figure out if it was an H3 or a Jeep! I was always curious about the retarded white/blue lights that were floating in the air on the truck as it passed me. I was like "Why the fuck did they put those ugly ass lights on that thing, I hope they get pulled over and get a ticket". Then I saw it in the daylight and was like "WTF is that thing!?!?!" And noticed that the lights are a factory thing molded into the mirrors.

As for the Frontier, I couldn't even begin to imagine that with an I4!

[ucimaplaya2]

yeah while a lot of civics and accords etc, break down a lot (we repair a ton at the shop) but I always figure that is just because so many are sold, of course you are going to see a lot in repair shops. but when compared with other cars, statistically they require less repair.

yeah the fj cruiser is retarded looking at best.

nissan is a bunch of BS now. its all in the way they try to advertise it to claim the "bests" of categories. Im not saying other car makers dont do that, but it seems that it is all nissan is doing with all of their vehicles. i remember when the nissans were considered compact trucks, and now the frontier has grown to beyond midsized. they are quite large. my truck was considered a midsize, but the new frontiers dwarf it to a compact size. they are full size IMO. And now are way underpowered.

[Tommo]

there all gay,why dont they get it, buy a chevy you and be a real man

[EuroSS]

the4 isnt all that bad, i drove one when someone crashed our colorado(loaner) , the funniest was back when the T100 came out with "a v6 with more power than most V8's" yeah right what a ford v8? or a chevy running on 5 cyls? BUT the 2.8 (4) and 3.5 (5) in the colorado are pretty fast for what they are 185/185, or 225/225  hp/tq respctively.