Like most of us, I can't afford German cars and dislike American cars. Reluctantly kept on buying Japanese. My neighbor is a GM guy, I felt pity watching him repairing his van in freezing temperature. I also has Chinese neighbor who works for GM and he was telling that GM quality had improved alot. So I checked GM cars displayed in mall and found they are still far from desired: the door close with a clunk instead of a thump.....
My former boss bought a brand new Benz E320 in 1999, he also bought a V6 Accord one year earlier. He said he will not buy another Benz, everytime coming out of Benz shecduled maitenance his wallet was more than a grand lighter.
I would be very happy to buy a Chinese made car even if it's only 80% as reliable as Japanese cars.