• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Its largely american cope that they are not that good at manufacturing anymore. Chinese factories build things to spec, and the customer asks for cheap, so they get cheap.

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      9 hours ago

      They also iterate very quickly.

      First car design - “functional” is being polite about it.

      Fifteen years later when they are on their tenth revision - pretty damn good.

      Meanwhile US car manufacturers can squeeze in a revision/refresh every 5 years if they’re lucky.