Vairtoy,
I am a pittsbugher too. Could be why mu luck with jap cars has been abysmal to say the least.
USX Edgar thompson is last blast furnace left in PA...we have no steel mills left now.

Since we are sending scrap metal overseas, to be melted, cast and returned here as engines, does anyone really know where things originate? If it comes from Canada, is that the same as japan? Does it matter who owns the company? Are Saab's and Jags now american cars? It's all too confusing and in the end, just doesn't matter. How can i say that? TVs used to be made here in the USA, and in the 70s people cared. Now they're all made- do you even know where? Do you care? Nope. It works, its cheap, that's all that matters.

As to quality....that's a whole nuther discussion!