2005 Toyota Camry SE from North America - Off Topic Comments

And remember, by buying the Fusion you're supporting hard working Mexican workers. If you buy the Camry you support hardworking Americans.

And you can't call the Fusion reliable until it's been out a few years. Hyundai, among other brands, scores very high in reliability in the first year, but JD Power surveys three+ years out in ownership tell a different story. Saturn, obviously, is the same story as evidenced by the posts on this site.

Having driven Fords since the 50's I have no doubt the Fusion will prove extremely reliable. We've never owned any Ford that wasn't (including some that made over 300,000 miles with nothing beyond routine maintenance. Current projections on the reliability of the Fusion put it considerably above that of the now problem-plagued Camry.

Yeah, "projections" of Ford reliability is about as good as it gets for a Ford owner. The Fusion will no doubt be mediocre at best (and mediocre would be an accomplishment for a Ford car, normally 'crappy' is about as good as they get). Maybe you WISH the Camry was problem plagued, then you wouldn't have to kick yourself for buying a Ford instead. And by the way, Ford's don't go anywhere in the vicinity of 300,000 without repairs. You typed one too many zeros in there. Ford should re-name all of it's cars and trucks; they should all say "EXPENSIVE MISTAKE" on the grills.

If Camry isn't "problem plagued" why did TOYOTA just announce a CUTBACK IN PRODUCTION due to the "problems plaguing the Camry, Tundra, Corolla and Highlander lines"??