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That goes with other countries as well. The UK especially worships anything German, with frequent mentions of VWs being reliable that make me laugh and stretch the praise for their domestics also (whatever qualifies as truly domestic anymore). From most journalists, impressions on interior quality seem to be skewed by perceived badge status. If a car IS a total POS, you'll only ever see them mention it in a used car feature when the car is out of production or, occasionally if the car's reputation was truly horrific, in a review of the replacement model with reassurances of exterminated gremlins and the execution of the engineerings and their families that built the last model (when it's just as likely the fault of accountants specifying cheaper parts and executives cutting costs by cutting QA).
Ferrari is notorious for tolerating very little criticism of their cars from journalists under threat of being black listed. Good thing the magic horse tends to obscure their vision anyway.
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