I asked an automotive engineer “What's the secret to Japanese motors?”

Overall, it reads like a list of stereotypes. The point about big changes being a source of problems, and bugs getting smoothed out after a few model years without a big redesign, is totally true though.

Not directly related to this particular article at all but:

There's a special place in hell (hopefully next to the one earmarked for the creator of reCaptcha) set aside for the developer at Reddit who decided it would be a really great idea to make a big modal dialogue slide up over half the screen asking me if I want to view the site in Chrome or download the Reddit app... every... single... fucking... time I'm forgetful enough to click on a link to that bloody site, on any of my Android devices.

What part of "I don't ever want to download your shitty app! " can you not accept?