"I'd like to see some "proof" that American cars are trash" I just did front brake jobs on my 3 daughters american made cars and they were well built and showed qiality. However I also did the same front brake job for my sisters focus and it turned into a nightmare because of cheaply designed caliper mounts. The caliper bolts were threaded right into the frame that holds all the strut,wheel berring.steering arm.ect. The threaded hole goes thru and water sand and salt (Minn) got in the hole and caused the threads to rust and strip out,Hence the nightmare began. In this case "very poor Quality"would be the Proof for at least 1 americam car.