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I AM amazed at the people who complain about problems with their Fords and Holdens, and yet continue to buy them. I have driven Hondas and Mazdas for a long time and they have never missed a beat. I've driven them from one end of this country to the other and there has not been one problem. Why buy Australian if there is always something wrong? I recall the Ford ad from a few years ago that said if the fuel pump breaks you can still drive it to get help. That was a selling point! And people still buy them. The Japanese cars are the same price or cheaper and are nicer inside. The people who buy Ford and Holden obviously never test drive anything else. When was the last time you saw a Mazda or Honda broken down on the side of the road?

Answered by CarsGuide

2 July 2009

Graham Smith

TALKING to Ford president Marin Burela he raised the point that people are more forgiving of some makes than they are of others. His point was some other luxury brands have similar problems that afflict Fords and Holdens, but the owners don't complain about them, yet the same problem on a Falcon or Commodore would result in a flood of complaints. There is some truth in that, but that's no excuse to hide from problems when they exist. On Hondas and Mazdas, we do get complaints from owners, but nowhere near the number of complaints about local carmakers.

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