I have to add that, because a lot of times people compare their brand new Jap car to an American car with 40 years of wear and tear. Beat the snot out of the rice burner and THEN compare, or fix up the old car. Unless you just love that old skool flava. Like I do, so I'll choose the classic American car every time. Believe me, it beats oldschool Jap cars.
Japan definitely wins the most improved award.
The thing to do in Japan if you're rich is to buy American cars. I just don't get people. But then again, neither do the Japanese engineers building these cars. He was moaning about how when they first got into the cruiser business, they built water cooled DOHC cruisers, and they couldn't sell them. So they build retro bikes with air cooled pushrod engines, and they sell decently.