I think there's a stigma when production shifts to a new country. I remember comments about Japanese stuff being terrible and how if you want quality you should buy stuff made in the USA. Once things started getting shifted to China, then it's how everything made in China is terrible and you should buy stuff made in Japan only!
The first few generations of Korean cars had the same stigma, at least for the cheapest stuff.
ChasingDucks t1_ja6u0je wrote
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I think there's a stigma when production shifts to a new country. I remember comments about Japanese stuff being terrible and how if you want quality you should buy stuff made in the USA. Once things started getting shifted to China, then it's how everything made in China is terrible and you should buy stuff made in Japan only!
The first few generations of Korean cars had the same stigma, at least for the cheapest stuff.