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Originally Posted by Panther140
Our vehicles are a lot more durable here in the U.S. Most european cars are pretty much **** after 10 years. Not only are they less durable, but the parts are more expensive. And they are arduous to repair.
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Most of the vehicles sold in the UK and Europe are just the same as those sold in the US. Granted, there is not a huge market for pickup trucks and that market is mainly filled by Toyota, Nissan and the like, but the Ford Ranger is available here though not your Silverado.
The only differences between European spec car and US spec cars are occasional differences in name (same vehicle, just the name is changed and occasionally even the marque), variations in engines available (US sometimes have a larger engine size option), and minor trim changes. Obviously UK models are right-hand drive, but with Japanese made vehicles that is no big thing, seeing as all Japanese vehicles start out as RHD.
I have a Honda Jazz, sold in the US as the FIt. Mine has the 1.2 Litre i-DSi (“intelligent Dual & Sequential Ignition”) 10.8:1 compression ratio and two plugs per cylinder, but the i-VTEC was also an option here. The rest of the vehicle is standard Honda, made to the same quality standards as US spec Hondas.
The few "US" cars sold here, such as the Cadillac Escalade and the CTS, the Chrysler Voyager and Crossfire or the Chevrolet Cruze fair no better on UK roads (they tend to rust even quicker than homegrown and their electrics fail miserably).
So I don't think it is that cars here are any less durable but just that the climate and acid rain from Europe does not help cars survive very long. On top of which our extremely tight MOT testing standards puts thousands of cars into the crusher, that in the US and other parts of the world would run on for years.
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...cked-at-an-mot