I should add that having driven a 2016 Skoda Superb for 2 weeks, I'd rather drive my 2011 Honda Accord. The handling is much better on my Accord.

Like I said before, you can't say that all continental cars are this or all Asian cars are that. It just depends on the brand.

Damn.... no wonder i poor fag.... I never owned a conti car before 

Conti or Continental car is a Malaysian terminology for cars made in Europe or US, don't ask me why coz I also have no clue as I'm not Malaysian!
Maybe he's not Malaysian like me so that's why he/she doesn't know like me back then! 

Coming from someone who drives both.

European cars tend to have stiffer chassis and better judged damping and spring rates which gives better ride and handling. They also have more sound proofing and damping materials, so NVH are usually better. The engines usually turbocharged , which gives ample torque for overtaking. Their weakness is of course reliability and their R&D is more focus on performance and less focus on "what could go wrong and how do we make sure that it doesn't happen".
For example, they could have implemented some form of active cooling for the DSG gearbox to improve reliability but they didn't. A simple design say heatsink and fan that cost say usd150 to implement might have reduced the failure rate by half.

The only Japanese that drives like a European car is Mazda. Mazda drives more European like but the NVH is below Japanese. I think if Mazda had a turbo option, improve their NVH, we might have a Japanese that exceed European in all aspects.

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But oi Lexus models and higher end Toyota models(i.e: Harrier, Prado, Cygnus) are not milo tin alright haha.

I'm well aware that Infinity = Nissan and Lexus = Toyota for Europe which is why i stated "Nissan and Toyota" in the 1st place. Having said that this is not the case for Malaysia, since Nissan's authorized dealer which is TC officially doesn't carry Infinity models.

Also we have stand alone Lexus as authorized dealer for Lexus models.

My points are both Lexus and Infinity models are jipun made and are by all means no where close to 'milo tin' and in terms of offering spec, luxury and feature wise, both are a level above of what local Nissan and Toyota models can offer.

I guess individual perception varies, to me Lexus LS series are the equivalent for merc/bmw both in terms of comfort and performance.

The same goes to Infinity Q50/60 series, they are just superb!

In fact even the new honda civic, I'm willing to bet that honda purposely lowered the torque rating so that the CVT gearbox will last longer. Take VW for eg,  250nm rated torque for the 7 speed dsg gearbox, and guess what is the engine rated at, Yes exactly 250nm. No allowances, no buffer at all for manufacturing variances.

I think if you take toyota engineers to work on the DSG gearbox and improve it. I'm pretty sure they'll make it reliable in 1 generation.