Totally agree. And note that the Marysville plant is non-Union, which I believe is the crux of the argument: instead of equating low quality with domestic-build, I believe the driver is actually union vs. non-union production. I used to work in the Quality division for a non-automotive production facility and saw first-hand that quality data actually showed a DECREASE in defect rate during a 4 month strike (when engineers and others were pitching in to keep up production rates), as compared to defect data taken during normal production, when union workers ran the show.That said, I must step up and defend Ford, or more specifically Ford trucks. Ive owned two of them (1992 F-150, 1997 Expedition) far North of the 150K mark and found both of them to be very Honda-like in their high-mile reliability and cheapness to maintain. We probably wouldnt have sold the Expy at 177K miles if it could have mustered more than 13 mpg on the highway
