I suspect that the Japanese (and Koreans, to a lesser extent) do significant warm weather testing in humid Southeast Asia, while Euro manufacturers typically do most of their warm weather testing in more arid Middle Eastern or South African weather.

But then again, JLR has dogwater reliability in every corner of the world, so maybe it’s not entirely accurate.

Edit:
Also, French cars don’t even need to wait 5 years for problems. Sometimes 5 months enough.

This post has been edited by dev/numb: May 1 2024, 09:29 PM