German manufacturers literally perfected the concept of overpriced garbage by tying the entire car up with electrical components so that one piece of copper wiring going bad means your entire car needs to go the dumpster

Koreans have gone off the deepend charging 50k+ for a hyundai.

Otoh, a lot of Jeeps with that pentastar engine are virtually indestructible outside of internet memes, as are Chrysler minivans or even buicks.

[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 26 points 5 days ago

Nah, it's not overstated. Despite your other points, American cars are still the worst among them

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

My Chrysler minivan was completely rusted out and still ran, it was undefeatable. Then I actually dropped a thousand on new tires and suddenly it wouldn't run any more.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 24 points 5 days ago

Then I actually dropped a thousand on new tires

You interfered with the true essence of a cockroach

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Pentastar mentioned

Ticktickticktickticktick

Interestingly, the 3.0L version of the Pentastar which was seemingly everywhere in the Chinese market is far less affected by the tick of death issue than the 3.6 model and the post-MY2016 "Pentastar Upgrade" engines that were more popular in the US and were in basically the entire affected Stellantis lineup.

The smaller first gen 3.0s are easily million km engines and there are so many Chrysler 300Cs on the road in Russia and China right now with these engines that will outlast the company that made them and the country that designed them.

Legitimately, I think a lot of these cars will be around for the post-oil panic and people will find a way to run these things on cooking oil for a couple decades longer than the plastic covered 2.0L turbo I4s and "little brother" I3 engines that have replaced them in most cars.