For those of you who drove a Japanese import in the 60’s/70’s/early 80’s, did you get any heat from family/friends/coworkers/general public about your choice of car? How bad was it? What were some of the consequences and what was the most extreme example you’ve seen or heard of?
This question applies to americans as well as some western europeans, whose auto industries were also in decline with the exception of germany.
This discussion might also be a good predictor of what will await the first owners of chinese cars when they do arrive in north america.
ouch, that’s rough, but must’ve been a fun car while it lasted.
i drive a miata today, chances are i would’ve bought a z car new if i was around in the 70’s.
My dad bought 3 of them. I don’t think somebody blew his car up because it was japanese but anything possible
Maybe they did, only like 30ish years post WWII, probably lots of bad blood still, particularly considering Japanese atrocities
Most of the bad blood was from autoworkers who were upset the people bought reliable japanese cars instead of the utter shit detroit was making at the time.