We want to establish not all American cars are bad, especially today. But we get why American cars have this reputation. We think there are three reasons: First, American cars tend to be cheaply made resulting in a poorly built interior that feels cheap compared to Japanese and European cars. The second reason is that they often have reliability issues (we're looking at you, Ford), especially when compared to Japanese cars which seem to be able to run until the end of time. And finally, handling in American cars isn't great, probably because of America's fascination with drag and street racing.