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On 17 Feb 2004 00:03:54 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

CU made a hasty decision to give Suzuki an unacceptable rating a long,
long time ago. To save face, they have stuck to their guns, which is to

There often appears to some editorial bias
in the CU findings. I commented on the
silly disparity between late 1980's ratings on identical Chevy and Toyota
vehicles made in the same plant to identical specs, but I have some across an
anecdotal item that seems to suggest that CU continues to give some imports
"extra credit" based on nameplate alone:

I'm glad I'm not in CU's position. `Reliability' is a difficult
quality to observe or visualize, or even measure - until after the
fact......

Some Japanese designs put plugs or ignition in double jointed
acrobats' reach - and deny them to regular people or so it seems.
That's just like some US designs - but you'll never know - because you
never need to open the Japanese lid.
But parts prices are way high if you do need 'em.

I have this image of production line workers submitting suggestions to
make things better - and having Japanese engineers act on them.
This idea of not looking for the credit may go along with this image,
I suspect....

Brian W