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Out of 200 Trillion people on one continent, why are the Japs the only ones in Asia to build a decent car?

Posted - December 7, 2017

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  • Lol ... what? Honda? Is that a Jap car and am I allowed to say Jap?
      December 7, 2017 11:22 PM MST
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  • 1812
    Yes, Honda is a Jap car, and yes you may say Jap... just not "Jap Slap".
      December 7, 2017 11:23 PM MST
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  • Okay .. can I say "slap jap"?
      December 7, 2017 11:25 PM MST
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  • 1812
    Yes, and you can even say sloppy japs.
      December 7, 2017 11:26 PM MST
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  • Ummmmm I don't think I'm allowed to say that. 
      December 7, 2017 11:29 PM MST
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  • "Because Germany is in Europe." :)
      December 8, 2017 1:04 AM MST
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  • 5354
    200 Trillion? - The current world population is less than 8 billion.

    Remove the s after 'http'
    ref: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at December 8, 2017 2:12 AM MST
      December 8, 2017 1:52 AM MST
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  • 1812
    Okay, maybe it was a slight exaggeration. 
      December 8, 2017 2:13 AM MST
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  • Probably because the early Japanese cars were heavily copied from European cars. Particularly the engines.
      February 17, 2018 12:05 AM MST
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  • 16199
    Correct - Early Nissans/Datsuns were Austins from a mechanical point of view. A Subaru engine is a Volkswagen with a liquid cooled radiator. Not sure about the others.
      February 17, 2018 12:11 AM MST
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  • 16199
    Not quite true, it used to be but South Korea makes better cars than the US does now. We used to laugh at the Korean rust buckets. No longer.
      February 17, 2018 12:08 AM MST
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