Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.14 $; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!hoyme From: hoyme@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Are Japaneese Cars any good???? Message-ID: <1500001@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 13:36:00 EST Article-I.D.: umn-cs.1500001 Posted: Fri Mar 1 13:36:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 08:29:35 EST References: <2061@drutx.UUCP> Lines: 29 Nf-ID: #R:drutx:-206100:umn-cs:1500001:000:1469 Nf-From: umn-cs!hoyme Mar 1 12:36:00 1985 The reason for the change to Nissan is not due to lawsuits but due to the fact that the parent corporation has been Nissan for a couple of decades. The want to establish a uniform image in all of their world markets. This wasn't as important a few years ago before they began to grow. Thus they have decided to bite the bullet and change now. The name Datsun came from the original company. It was named DAT (as I remember the story). They produced a car which was called DAT-son meaning son-of-DAT. That became Datsun (with the 'u') in the west which I understand has uncomplimentry meanings in Japanese. You sound like a rabid 'buy-American' nut. You obviously looked at the Japenese cars with the forgone conclusion in your mind that you would pick the American. That is fine if you wish to pay for the repair bills. I have an '83 Honda Accord with 39,000 miles, and not a single repair bill yet. (simply change oil, etc.). I have a co-worker with the same age K-car and has had it in for repairs more that a dozen times. He even had to have the heater core replaced on a car less than two years old!!!!! The statistics speak for themselves. Read consumer reports. Then decide the econimics of the matter. (Lest you think I a rabidly Anti-american, the Honda was built in Maryville, Ohio...American workers can make a quality product when managed correctly. Detroit may yet learn their lesson.) Ken Hoyme Honeywell Systems and Research Center