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I've owned imports and currently own a Ford Fusion, a Mustang, a Pontiac and a GMC Envoy. None of the imports came remotely close to the reliability of ANY of the domestics. The worst by far was a Honda.
As for the Fusion, it is very clearly the best built, most solid car we've ever owned. The build quality of the Fusion is way ahead of the Mustang we own, though both are great cars.
The GMC Envoy is also an incredibly well built vehicle. It has close to 80,000 miles on it. This weekend I put it on jack stands, pulled off all the wheels and gave it a very thorough bumper-to-bumper inspection (I'm a mechanic). I was happy to find that NOTHING on it required ANY attention. The original brake pads still have plenty of wear left, all hoses were perfect, the drive belt looked new and none of the fluids were low. The ONLY things on this vehicle that have been replaced since new (in 2003) are the battery and one light bulb.
Our experience tends to support the fact that newer domestics are much better built.
Our Honda required new brakes every 30,000 miles. None of our domestics has ever had brake pads replaced before 70,000 miles and most make at least 100,000 miles before requiring anything besides a battery and oil changes.
Our last Dodge made 240,000 miles with only two brake jobs, two timing belts (required maintenance) and one hose.
None of our imports even lasted 100,000 miles.
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