Reliability and quality of 'european makes of car'

mikey72

Renault
Endorsed by Nissan.
Sounds like a vote of confidence to me

So either everyone who has been buying Nissan quality, has misunderstood what Nissan think is good quality, or Renault are actually good, or Nissan just don’t understand cars.

jase1

mikey72 wrote: »

Also Nissan thought european cars were so good they wanted to put their name on them at the time.

No, Nissan effectively went bust in 1999, and were bought by Renault. Carlos Ghosn then put in place a recovery plan in which the new generation of Nissan cars were mostly Renault designs. That is not the same as Nissan putting their "seal of approval" on Renault cars.

All european cars are poor because a Clio had a sticking bonnet catch once?

Where did I say that? I was responding to your assertion that the Euros are whiter than white and sooo much more honest than those shady Oriental types with their dodgy fault-hiding tendencies.

jase1

mikey72 wrote: »

Renault
Endorsed by Nissan.
Sounds like a vote of confidence to me

So either everyone who has been buying Nissan quality, has misunderstood what Nissan think is good quality, or Renault are actually good, or Nissan just don’t understand cars.

Or, mikey72 is deliberately misrepresenting the truth to further his own opinion.

When you are effectively a subsidiary of another company you have to do as you are told. Unfortunate fact of life.

mikey72

Actually, I did have a 1976 Talbot Alpine that went rusty. My MIL had a Fiat in the 70's, she had that for 15 years or so, but again, needed some repairs. So not all european cars were good.

zappahey

jase1 wrote: »

Unfortunately the Micra and Note are both Renaults underneath these days.....

A match made in heaven, Japanese design flair meets French engineering. Smart thinking there.